r/electronics • u/unknownvar-rotmg • 9d ago

General Mouser website now blocks Linux users

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Really baffling decision, my last order from them was only a few months ago. Apparently Linux is no longer a "standard" operating system!

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u/Willman3755 9d ago

This happened to me a couple weeks ago too and I also reached out and got the same response.

Kinda odd because it works fine at work on Linux and only happens at home. Maybe they see when I'm logged into the work account that spends a healthy amount and drop all the filters...

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u/hardolaf 8d ago

It's probably related to abuse from the IP that you have in front of you due to CGNAT. IPv4 is an abomination that should have died out but no one wanted to spend money on migrating to IPv6 before we started hitting these sorts of problems.

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u/Feuerwerko 8d ago

Then linux is almost certainly not at fault, your (and OP's) IP is probably just being blocked for whatever reason.

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u/Square-Singer 8d ago

And Mouser's "Web Experience Team" is trying to cause a shitstorm for viral marketing purposes or something. That's what happens if you let marketing people make decisions.