> forced me to use a PWD manager, which I guess is a good thing.

Just as long as you aren't copying those bank credentials into your clipboard :)

There should only be to features exposed from the clipboard API.

1. Push. Add a new item to the clipboard.

2. For apps, with an opt in permission. Delete items added by the app. Good for password managers.

Also, it's basically impossible to use a password manager without using the clipboard. At the one I use will automatically remove the items it sets after a timeout I can configure.

I largely don't use clipboard with my password manager and I'd guess plenty of people are similar.

In my case I have zx2c4's pass and a Firefox extension named PassFF, so the extension just gets the usernames, passwords and anything else via IPC.

It does have a clipboard mode with an expiry timer, but I very rarely need that for anything.

Firefox's built-in password manager similarly doesn't use the clipboard, Google's doesn't, I believe Apple's doesn't.

In light of numerous browser exploited I've switched to an external third party password manager. On android, even givin proper permissions, the app fails to recognize many password inputs in apps, sites, etc. Probably the result of bad design on the site or app operators part. On desktop the pwd app just works.