>Meanwhile on the intuitive MacOs to do this you only have to press Command+Option+Shift+4
It's command-shift-4, no option key involved.
It's command-shift-4, no option key involved.
Command+Shift+4 is area snipping, as you said, but pops up the viewer window
Command+Control+Shift+4 is snipping, but to clipboard. I mixed up the shortcuts, yet my fingers are getting used to it anyways, still I find it terrible default UX compared to other desktops.