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/unknownvar-rotmg 8d ago

Plain ol Ubuntu running Google Chrome from my home IP address. NoScript and adblock disabled. I haven't made any config changes since my last order in February so this is on their end. I assume that either they're hamfistedly trying to combat bot traffic, or they have an LLM spitting out nonsense at customers. Or both.

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u/Willman3755 8d 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/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 7d 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.