which key is used for meta in Emacs on modern keyboards

I get that some people use their Caps Lock key as Ctrl key but I have a hard time imagining that people use the Alt key left to the Space bar as meta key since it is inconvenient to type in combination with other keys.

So what key do people use for their meta key in Emacs?

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