From time to time I have to be reminded that this exists.

It can be re-enabled with the following command (source is the Merge Request linked in the article):

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-enable-primary-paste true

Can imagine some distros will override the GNOME default here.

There's nothing to discuss. Just disable that shit already.

Would they kindly discuss using Super+C and Super+V for copy paste instead ? It's the only thing I miss from macOS.

Finally!

Awful, one of the first things I disable along side 1 click folder opening.

But why? It hurts noone to have that enabled.

I might switch away from GNOME if this passes. I've lost enough QoL features/UI degradations already with no option to go back.

Fucking finally

I hope everyone else follows soon. If you like it when you are trying to open a link on a new tab and your system randomly decides to spew a selection from another app into a random text box you are free to configure that yourself. Remember to configure in a cilice wrapping your thigh while you are at it, it's unix-compliant and has been around for centuries.

Making something not the default then removing it because it isn’t widely used (because it’s now disabled by default and users have to know it exists and then turn it on) is the gnome way.

Make no mistake, they’re trying to remove features they don’t like. There are lots of people involved in free software because they didn’t get to be in control of nonfree software.

I have long found it more useful what the middle mouse button does on Windows (start scrolling) and hope that becomes widely adopted, even outside browsers, on Linux one day too. Good step in that direction.

Yeah, good idea... After all, who needs copy and paste at all? Better remove it at the root....

/ssssssss

Former Mac user here: Middle click should expose all windows, as the good lord intended.