[klabb3]

Yeah I also hate this but they have a point. Desktop clipboard is a shitshow. Any app can read it willy nilly, certainly if focused but I wouldn’t be surprised if it works in the background on some platforms.

It is one of the prime candidates for a global redesign from scratch, including even physical keys (since copy-paste is so common, certainly more than say caps lock). All the APIs are riddled with decades of tech debt and are entirely platform-specific.

[asaddhamani]

Clipboard managers exist so it definitely can be read in the background on some platforms at least.

[xp84]

Aw man, now I’m sad because that means that’s the next thing Apple will nerf out of existence. I like my clipboard manager and I haven’t ever downloaded malware onto my Mac despite rarely using their crappy App Store. :(

Stage 1: Everything is totally trusting.

Viruses exist, and scanners exist to help you not download anything stupid.

Stage 2: Locked ecosystems like iOS App Store, Platform Vendor claims their 100% diligence will protect you (and them) from all possible bad (or insufficiently-profitable) software.

Apparently they weren’t satisfied

Stage 3: Full Sandboxing and full enforcement of Platform Vendor’s blessed software source only.

Now my computer, like my phone, will only ever have the exact, enumerated features the Platform Vendor blesses me with and I will like it or else. I am free to file a feedback on their website if I’d like a clipboard manager, and they may one day look at that feedback.