My experience is Ctrl+Drag is more common as the modifier for duplication.
Any possibility for an option to change it to Ctrl+Drag?
Why Alt+Drag for duplicate?
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Coming from a lot of work in design programs such as Sketch I would say the opposite - I am most used to alt + drag to copy items.