The tilde isn't missing, it's on the bottom-right, making it very strange for the times you need it. I really thought the fact that the ESC key was in its place

The tilde isn't missing, it's on the bottom-right, making it very strange for the times you need it. I really thought the fact that the ESC key was in its place was more problematic than moving the key, since it will either do nothing (the best possibility), or perform some default action (being the ESC key, likely one that will cause loss of work as well).