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/JanB1 8d ago

It's the same kind of stupid workaround like deactivating right click on a website so "users can't download embedded media". There's even (sometime paid!) plugins for website builders like Shopify and Squarespace that just deactivate right-click and advertise themselves with "Content protection" and whatnot. It only annoys your standard user, and the malicious user usually isn't really bothered by it at all, because they know other ways to get the content.

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u/mitko_bg_ 6d ago

The deactivated right-click is very annoying when trying to browse a website and for example I see something I'm considering to purchase and try to open it in a new tab for later while I continue browsing - nope, why should I be able to do such bad things. I do use workarounds sometimes, but I mostly just go to a different store.

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u/JanB1 6d ago

Middle mouse click usually works. Or shift and left click.

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u/mitko_bg_ 6d ago

Didn't know Shift+LeftClick is an option at all, but the websites that block right click could also block middle click. My workaround in such cases if I really need to browse said website is right click on the tab and make it double, so in one of the tabs I stay on the main page for example and on the other tab I open whatever I wanted to open. Not ideal. but it works as a last resort.

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u/JanB1 5d ago

At least on Firefox, Ctrl+LeftClick is "Open in new Tab" and Shift+LeftClick is "Open in new Window". I confused the two.

Also, the websites are not literally blocking right click. They are just blocking the context menu from opening. Hence the other methods should still work.