[_bxg1]

> There are apps that have different behavior whether or not there is text in the clipboard (e.g. enabling a "paste" button)

People keep saying this but I've never seen one of these app-specific paste widgets. And even if I did, I wouldn't miss it in the slightest for the sake of not allowing every app to be reading my clipboard at all times.

It's inexcusable to me that there isn't a permissions prompt for this. Two of my most common types copy-pasted strings are URLs and passwords.

[jborichevskiy]

> I've never seen one of these app-specific paste widgets

IIRC having an address (or address-looking string) in your clipboard will cause it to show up as the first result on the search screen in Google Maps.

[guug]

So google also sends the contents of my clipboard to their servers when I use their app? Wonderful.

[xvector]

I can't imagine being one of the PMs/higher-ups that decided to allow clipboard content to be shared willy-nilly like this. Like, what must be going through their minds when they make decisions like this? "User experience at all costs?" Seems contrary to their stance on privacy.

[anchpop]

Personally I couldn't care less about google seeing whatever junk I sometimes have in my clipboard if it means I can more quickly go to the address I'm looking for

[guug]

and I'm sure there are many who couldn't care less about the malware running on their windows machine as long as they can browse facebook. What's your point?

[pininja]

Is the “Link you copied” feature in new tab of iOS google chrome one of these?

As well as the “Address you copied” iOS Google Maps search field feature?

[_bxg1]

I don't use any Google apps so I don't know, but even if I did, it's such a minuscule amount of effort that's being saved by having a custom prompt when the generic path is so easy.

[binarycrusader]

It's tricky; little things like this may not seem like much, but in aggregate they can be quite frustrating to users. Personally, this is something I do often enough that it noticeably reduces friction for me so I live with it because it's very convenient.

However, it seems like there should still be a way to provide nearly as much convenience to users while still protecting their privacy.

[comex]

> People keep saying this but I've never seen one of these app-specific paste widgets.

Here’s one:

https://twitter.com/twolivesleft/status/1275776460918157315

[masklinn]

> People keep saying this but I've never seen one of these app-specific paste widgets.

Both pocket and instapaper will prompt if open with a link in your clipboard.

Several reddit clients as well, I’ve seen in on narwhal and the Apollo dev explicitly noted they do that in the corresponding Reddit thread.

[patrickyeon]

Here's an example, highlighting a band name on a festival website. Stock Chrome (and Spotify) on a stock Android on Pixel 3A https://imgur.com/a/1GqrRVs

[xylophoner]

I use this all the time with Pocket (copy a URL somewhere, then switch to Pocket, where it asks if I want to bookmark the just copied URL).

[jasonlfunk]

> People keep saying this but I've never seen one of these app-specific paste widgets

The Google Translate app does.