My understanding is that the escape key is there by default but the active application can choose to override it. I don't need the escape while I'm using Spotif

My understanding is that the escape key is there by default but the active application can choose to override it. I don't need the escape while I'm using Spotify. I quite like the new Macbooks. Would have been nice to have a 32GB RAM option but I can survive with 16GB to be honest.