I find that Logi Options+ mostly just stays hidden and works. It does use more RAM than I'd like (125.8MB right now). When it does break it's disruptive, or they add some feature I don't want.

- AI Prompting (enabled by default)

- Auto update stuck wasting CPU cycles

- The recent certificate issue

I'd like to find a replacement because I am annoyed by it, but I have not found a replacement that matches ALL of the features I use from Options+.

I keep the default settings in Options+ but in my testing I can't match all the same behavior with the 3rd party solutions:

- Pointer acceleration

- Workspace switching speed

- Smooth scrolling speed / acceleration

Scrolling is usually my main problem where scrolling in one direction jumps in the wrong direction first before correcting. This is most noticeable when scrolling line by line.

I've tested all the 3rd party options mentioned here(with the exception of Mouser). Does anyone else have these problems with the 3rd party alternatives?

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jordwest 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I’ve been using the offline version of Options+ that somebody recommended me a while back, it removes AI and auto updating and has done the job for me.

It’s kind of hidden on their website but you can grab it here:

https://hub.sync.logitech.com/options/post/logi-options-offl...

That said I think this will be my last Logitech device. They’re just not very durable products and die too quickly

	▲	paularmstrong 15 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Thanks for pointing this out. I had no idea it existed. The other options in the comments just didn't quite work the way I would like. - The main topic requires me to pull python dependencies, build, run manually on Mac - All others can't reassign the button below the scroll wheel on the MX Master 3/4
	▲	itopaloglu83 15 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I switched to the offline version right after Logitech forcefully and without my permission downloaded and installed bunch of crap software on my Mac. I was furious that a stupid mouse driver app has the right to install a random crapware. I’m still fuming about it when I remember it.

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userbinator 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

125.8MB right now

20 years ago that would be insane (many machines still had only 512MB of RAM total), and "AI Prompting" sounds like satire, and yet this is the reality we're in now --- all that just to configure a mouse.

Personally my mouses don't need anything more than the OS' default settings.

	▲	hdgvhicv 25 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		My first machine with a mouse had 1 meg of ram. Mouse.sys was loaded into himem from memory and used something like 30kb of precious memory. My first wheel mouse which looks exactly like my current mouse ran on my 4meg 486.

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crooked-v 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> It does use more RAM than I'd like (125.8MB right now).

For me it regularly ballooned to 1+ GB somehow, until I removed it entirely in favor of BetterMouse.