It's a big problem for me too. I'm not sure why the Affinity team forces their point while customers, who pay them, say they want something different.
It's just ergonomics! When you hold your hand on a keyboard, your "pinky" finger is lower, therefore it always wants to touch the Ctrl button a bit quicker than a thumb touching the space bar. You, the Affinity team, are forcing an unnatural twisting wrist to ensure the space bar is touched first.
I don't care about your programming logic.
Software should solve humans' problems, not customers get wrist pain because it is easier for you to develop software in this way.
It's 2024 and the issue is still there.
We, customers, want Zoom to work when Ctrl is pressed first, before the space bar.
Please, add it to your to-do list