I would save my claps for people who are really working to improve the world, not for corporations who sometimes accidentally do the right thing while pursuing profit.

Why should they be applauded if they knew about the problem? notifying you about it is not enough... they need to let you act on it.

Or they need to be lambasted for not making it a permission like it should be.

I'd love to know what OS you use that has a clipboard access permission for the foreground application.

I’d say “and” not “or”.

iOS isn't free from this kind of snooping[1][2].

[1] "How popular apps can read your phone's clipboard without permission": https://www.mysk.blog/2020/03/10/popular-iphone-and-ipad-app...

[2] "Popular iPhone and iPad Apps Snooping on the Pasteboard": https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2020/03/30/popular-ap...

> iOS isn't free from this kind of snooping

They didn't say it was. They're saying they're looking forward to the next major release which alerts the user when this happens. That's why all these stories are coming out right after the release of the beta.