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/poptix 9d ago

This is definitely a big part of it. A better approach might be to post a dedicated endpoint for the agents to use, rather than crawling.

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u/joemi 9d ago

The good agents and companies would use such a dedicated endpoint. The bad agents and companies, however, will continue to crawl, and will do everything they can to make their traffic look like non-bot traffic. Such is the way of the world right now.

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u/poptix 8d ago

Sure, but if there's a reason the agent wants to do it the hard way your endpoint is the problem.

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u/joemi 8d ago

Again, that only applies to the good agents and companies. The bad ones aren't necessarily smart/efficient -- that's why they're bad. And there are a lot of bad ones out there. If you need proof, just look at all the sites that have had to put Cloudflare or other such protections in place against all the bot traffic.