It would seriously disappoint me if Mouser or Digi-Key went downhill. I settled on Mouser for my business years ago because they had more "consumer electronics"

It would seriously disappoint me if Mouser or Digi-Key went downhill. I settled on Mouser for my business years ago because they had more "consumer electronics" stuff, e.g., audio connectors and potentiometers. To the point where I designed my products around parts that they were the exclusive distributors for. So I'm hoping these are one-off issues and not trends. So far I've had no issues myself. A bigger problem has been the general scramble for available chips of some specialized types. I appreciate why the engineers prefer designing around generic parts when possible.