This is throwing the baby with the bathtub, completely ridiculous.
They could remove internet permission from all applications except Google's own Chrome, with that reasoning.
Instead of removing clipboard permissions from all applications, make it a clear option so that the user can give it when needed or only to a specific application, for instance the essential clipboard manager -- that Android incomprehensibly doesn't have and never has, as part of its core. So far only third-party applications have provided this needed feature.
Bundling clipboard with Google's keyboard ( or others like Swiftkey ) that come loaded with unnecessary permissions ( like internet -- I personally never use a keyboard with that permission ! ) and analytics packages is certainly not improving privacy at all.
They could remove internet permission from all applications except Google's own Chrome, with that reasoning.
Instead of removing clipboard permissions from all applications, make it a clear option so that the user can give it when needed or only to a specific application, for instance the essential clipboard manager -- that Android incomprehensibly doesn't have and never has, as part of its core. So far only third-party applications have provided this needed feature.
Bundling clipboard with Google's keyboard ( or others like Swiftkey ) that come loaded with unnecessary permissions ( like internet -- I personally never use a keyboard with that permission ! ) and analytics packages is certainly not improving privacy at all.