[jacknews]

The lack of it on 2016 mbp made me re-assign the caps-lock key to ESC, and in fact this is the correct place for it anyway - much more natural than as an extra F-key.

[thisisbrians]

As a Vim user, I'd highly recommend this to anyone — even if you have a physical ESC key.

[hanniabu]

On every keyboard the escape key is at the top left.

[wffurr]

Incorrect: https://catonmat.net/why-vim-uses-hjkl-as-arrow-keys

The keyboard vim was designed for had ESC where tab is on modern keyboards.