[harpastum]

It looks like there could be a reasonable explanation for this. There are apps that have different behavior whether or not there is text in the clipboard (e.g. enabling a "paste" button), and they're only checking that the text exists, not what it is. There's a new API that will let devs do that without triggering the user notification.

If TikTok is actually constantly loading the clipboard, that's obviously terrible. I'd bet this behavior is gone by the next release, and that shows how useful this new notification is.

Same issue with notes from that app's developer saying what's going on and how they will fix it: https://twitter.com/ecormany/status/1275903947899797505

[_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.

[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?

[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.