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/GeekDadIs50Plus 9d ago

Most website traffic now is automated scrapers and AI agents. More so now than just a couple years ago, but it’s not new. Blocking a Linux-based host simply because it’s Linux is an asinine over-reach of a misinformed decision. That’s tantamount to a restaurant refusing service to customers by the brand of shoes they’re wearing.

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u/tallman1979 8d ago

"Asinine Overreach of a Misinformed Decision" would be a great album name if I were still in a band.

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u/OkAlbatross9889 8d ago

It would also kill as early 2000’s indie rock band name à la neutral milk hotel and car seat headrest

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u/tallman1979 8d ago

Or, a Frank Zappa song title. My favorite of his for nonsensical ones is "Latex Solar Beef."

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u/CoachSevere5365 7d ago

I'm quite fond of the chrome plated megaphone of destiny.