I've never had a problem, and I don't think it has changed much for years. I suspect the problem occurs when you try to control the cursor in large moves across the screen the same way you make smaller moves, by watching to see how it responds. That's not how Mac users do it, AFAIK, certainly not how I do it. A quick flick and return moves the cursor right across the screen to the approximate area of interest, leaving the mouse in the place it started, and only then do you use visual feedback to position the cursor precisely. For shorter distances, I seem to move the mouse in a sort of circle, starting faster in the desired direction then slowing down to finish the fine adjustment. These flicks take only a fraction of a second to do.
The same flick gestures can also be used to reposition the mouse on the desk while leaving the cursor in about the same place on the screen. I also do pick up and replace the mouse for this. But my forearm always remains resting stationary on the desk while I'm mousing. I would think all my mouse movements fit in a fixed three inch circle.
I always have acceleration ("tracking") set to maximum in System Prefs for this mode of mousing.