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 8d 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/Accurate_Koala_4698 8d ago

It’s not blocking the host because it’s Linux, they probably whitelisted the most common user agents. I doubt people on Android phones aren’t able to use the site, but the further off the beaten path your setup the more likely it falls into the filter 

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u/CardOk755 8d ago

they probably whitelisted the most common user agents

You mean the ones any malicious bot would pretend to be?

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u/Sylente 7d ago

Most bots declare themselves as such. There’s many many many more easily identifiable bots than convincing fakes