And they sell keyboards that only use the written names, and not the symbols. Plus make common keyboard shortcuts require multiple modifier keys.
Do they? I thought all Apple-branded keyboards used the symbols (except, as bin_bash points out (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33036804), for shift).
> Plus make common keyboard shortcuts require multiple modifier keys.
You can also change keyboard shortcuts system-wide. It's not an argument against good defaults, but it does allow you to relieve the pain.