This is where I would usually say, "Silly me, I misread the article. Sorry, that's what I get for commenting in the wee hours."
So I re-read the article, and I can't see where it says that at all. The only mention of "keyboard" is in this section:
> As part of Samsung's desire to "improve" Android, they've created a "Clipboard History" function.
> It's pretty nifty. It shows you the last 20 items you copied - be they text or images. The only downside is that it only works if you're using the default Samsung Keyboard. (For iOS users - keyboards on Android are apps. You can swap them out if you want a better or different keyboard).
> If you don't use the Samsung Keyboard, items are still copied onto their clipboard - but you're unable to access them.
> Once you have copied around 20 items, the phone throws this error:...
When I read that, it seemed to be saying that the problem happens when you don't use the Samsung keyboard. That was the only way I could make sense of this: "The only downside is that it only works if you're using the default Samsung Keyboard... If you don't use the Samsung Keyboard, items are still copied onto their clipboard - but you're unable to access them. Once you have copied around 20 items, the phone throws this error:"
I still may have missed something, of course, but it's pretty unclear what the author means. Does the problem happen only with the Samsung keyboard? Only with other keyboards? Or what?
And now that I think about it, how would the input method selection affect the operation of the Copy action? Does Copy go through the input method at all? I get exactly the same select-text-and-Copy interaction regardless of what input method I've selected. Even if I select the Null Keyboard or Null Input Method, I still get exactly the same interaction for select and copy. This makes me suspect that the input method isn't involved in this interaction, although I don't know the Android architecture well enough to be sure.
If you don't use the Samsung Keyboard, items are still copied onto their clipboard - but you're unable to access them.
Which suggests that the issue should be affecting me, but it's not. Nor did I see it for the few days after getting the phone when I was using their keyboard.
I'm not suggesting that he's not experiencing the issue, but it's obviously not as universal as he suggests.