[gbalduzzi]

Exactly.

You also open the gates to many edge cases where I don't know what it is supposed to happen.

What if I never paste the cut text? Does it stay faded?

What if I copy some other text, maybe on another app, before pasting? Do I paste the faded text or the new copied one?

Also, as you mention, I hate that you can't paste on a different program given the fact that the clipboard is untouched when you press ctrl-x

The gain is so minimal for a lot of headaches if you don't follow the happy path

[projektfu]

The Excel workflow is surprising from the viewpoint of consistency with the OS but works pretty well for Excel users. Cut, paste multiple times, enter for the last one. I notice the multiple paste doesn't work on Excel on the Web.

[jpl56]

The clipboard is very weak in Excel. If I copy something, update a cell somewhere and then paste elsewhere, the clipboard vanishes and I need to copy all over again.

[gbalduzzi]

But excel cells are not simply text: it is a different format, I don't have specific existing behavior for that.

It is very different with plaintext