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I've been using mine since december. I love the way the keys feel but I have started developing some painful CTS in my left thumb due to hitting the cmd key a lot (coding, terminal stuff, etc). It pains me even now writing this.

So i started remapping everything to fn + control so my pinky can start doing the heavy lifting (like on windows) and vow to never use the cmd key again.

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I generally go alternating hands and use my thumbs, e.g. copy and paste is (right thumb) command + (left middle) c; (right thumb) command + (left index) v.

There's a little overhead switching back and forth if you go (pinky) ctrl on a windows machine, but I generally find that my subconscious picks up on the context and finds the right pattern.

I can see how this would be a problem, however.

I've been doing this since I switched from Windows to Mac a few years ago. The cmd is in a very awkward spot to me.

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