On: What’s the waiter doing with the computer screen? (2012)

[saagarjha]

And on macOS, the standard way to do this is "Edit > Paste and Match Style".

[rando444 → saagarjha]

Windows has the same menu options, theirs is just called "Paste without formatting"

On mac the shortcut is Command-Option-Shift-V

[Yhippa → rando444]

This almost makes me wonder if paste with formatting should be the longer shortcut and that unformatted paste is the default.

[zeropoint46 → Yhippa]

I think so. It's very rare that I need to paste with formatting. The majority of time that I actually use normal paste is when the source content is either of the same format or has no format already.

[dmurray → zeropoint46]

This way is better for discoverability, though, and for showing off when the feature was first introduced.

[ygra → Yhippa]

Word at least lets you choose the default action and offers a little contextual toolbar on paste to change the behavior for that pasted snippet as well. The options are iirc: Paste with original formatting, paste with formatting adjusted to document styles, and paste without formatting.