GNOME Disables Middle Click Paste, Chaos Ensues

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In a recent merge request GNOME decided to disable middle click to paste and locked the MR before anyone realized it was happening, and also tried to make similar changes over on Firefox, well there's a lot to unpack here so lets take a look.

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GNOME Merge Request: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gsettings-desktop-schemas/-/merge_requests/119
GNOME Change: https://github.com/swaywm/sway/issues/1012#issuecomment-269129298
Newer Protocol: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/blob/main/unstable/primary-selection/primary-selection-unstable-v1.xml
Firefox Change: https://phabricator.services.mozilla.com/D277804
New Issue: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/issues/4539
KDE Change: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=514208

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