Swap left control and caps lock. Problem solved.
Not a fan of that either tbh. On my systems I simply remapped it to the Mac-style position via software. Thumb position ftw.
I'd be curious to hear you're reasoning. I mean, home row is prime real estate on a keyboard. Why would you not want your most used mod right on the home row?
Two main reasons. It stretches my fingers almost as much as Ctrl's original position when reaching from my little finger on the Caps Lock and the index finger on the C and V keys, particularly the latter. Maybe some use their thumb instead though it would be tricky to avoid hitting the spacebar.
Whereas using the key directly left of the spacebar as Ctrl (or Cmd on the Mac) means I only have to slightly shift my left thumb inward (to the left) from its position over the spacebar which for me is more comfortable for such operations.
The other reason is I already have Caps Lock mapped to Fn on my Poker for arrow key use with WASD
Edit: 'my right thumb' -> 'my left thumb'