> ...and today you get some shithead's 3rd party website with a bunch of pdfs from god knows where encoded into web page slide shows with google captchas No, t

> ...and today you get some shithead's 3rd party website with a bunch of pdfs from god knows where encoded into web page slide shows with google captchas No, today you go to one of the major distributors like Digikey, look up the part, and download the datasheet provided by the manufacturer. The manufacturers also have full catalogs on their websites but it’s often a more clunky experience.