Marcin Wichary, in a Mastodon thread:

Chrome installed a global Ctrl+G keyboard shortcut to launch Gemini even if I’m using a different app, and didn’t ask me about it. […]

It literally conflicted with their own shortcut in web dev!

He discovered this accidentally while trying to use that shortcut in another app, which is the way I found out that Perplexity also commits this unforgivable sin. It steals ⇧⌘D, ⇧⌘V, ⇧⌘U, and ⇧⌘P. Does no one at Perplexity use the native Mac Mail app? Or BBEdit? Or the gorram Finder?

Adding global keyboard shortcuts without first asking permission is a disqualifying act of app aggression. Such user-hostile behavior is one of several reasons I quickly abandoned Perplexity. (I’m relieved the “Apple to acquire Perplexity” rumor never panned out, but had it, I’m confident an Apple person would have yelled at them to fix this.)

What is it about AI app developers that they can’t seem to give two shits about being good platform citizens?

UPDATE: Wichary expands on his Mastodon thread with a post to his blog, Unsung:

Let’s not beat around the bush: This is effectively malware behaviour. It’s bullshit. It’s cancer. It’s deeply disrespectful toward the user. It’s prioritizing hollow metrics at the expense of everything else. […]

But, an app installing a global keyboard shortcut without user consent is bad. This can never be anything other than opt-in. At the very least, Chrome should have shown me a clear UI that said “We’re thinking Ctrl+G would be fun for you to use. You okay with that?” and a button for me to press to confirm.

Spot on.