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Re:Android Q will kill clipboard manager apps in the name of... by jeroenhd on Saturday March 16, 2019 @10:19AM (#19407916)
I've never even thought about clipboard managers for Android. While I can see the lack of such tools might limit some users' productivity, I think the overal result of a change is still a positive one.

I'd much rather see background clipboard access as a separate permission classified as "dangerous", but I doubt most people won't just click allow till the prompts stop happening. Maybe things would improve if aside from a permission, a notification would appear each time an app is accessing/has recently accessed the clipboard, with the option to mute notification sounds about specific apps. That way, background clipboard access is discouraged yet still available.

Re:Android Q will kill clipboard manager apps in the name of... by Ultramanoid on Saturday March 16, 2019 @11:18AM (#19408232)
There are many ways to do this. Off the top of my head right now, make it a developer option, off by default, and only accessible through the developer options menu, which also needs to be activated itself.
Re:Android Q will kill clipboard manager apps in the name of... by scarface74 on Saturday March 16, 2019 @03:39PM (#19409759)
It’s even simpler. By default, for instance, third party keyboards don’t have network access and you have to explicitly go through settings to give it access and then you get a big scary warning.