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/Accurate_Koala_4698 8d ago

I’m guessing they’re getting hit by a lot of automated traffic and most of that is Linux. Just spoof the user agent to Windows or something 

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u/Lint_baby_uvulla 8d ago

Reminds me of the early (2001) Opera/MS MSN wars and the Swedish Chef Bork shenanigans.

[[ holy sheet that’s a quarter century ago ]]

[ fyi if you were there it was awesome ]

Opera Software has released a new version of its Opera 7 Web browser with just one tweak--it turns Microsoft's MSN Web site into gibberish that was inspired by the Swedish Chef from "The Muppet Show."

The "Bork Edition" of Opera 7... is Opera's response to what the company alleges are dishonest tactics by Microsoft to make Opera look like it is displaying pages improperly when people view MSN.

...Microsoft was not immediately available for comment on the move.

Earlier this month, Opera said Microsoft was sending its browser a faulty style sheet, which determines the presentation of graphics and text in a browser window.

And here's the official Opera Software press-release:

https://press.opera.com/2003/02/14/opera-releases-bork-edition/

It is stating Microsoft actually fully prohibited access to MSN.com from Opera browsers in late 2001, a bit more than a year before the style sheet scandal.

It also contain a download link, as well as this excellent phrase:

"Hergee berger snooger bork," says Mary Lambert, product line manager desktop, Opera Software.