The command key being different from the control key in macOS is really one of its biggest out-of-the-box strengths fro people who use the terminal a lot. It's

The command key being different from the control key in macOS is really one of its biggest out-of-the-box strengths fro people who use the terminal a lot. It's really quite helpful to have different modifier keys for different "system layers". In addition to the Hyper key, there's also the "Meh" key, which is Shift+Control+Command and basically not used by any application. I use it as my default macro hotkey.