Couldn't units be balanced in a way where sniping is less important? Then you wouldn't have to really worry about any of this

That's an interesting analysis, it makes me think of priorities. That feature in the game is like having a high-end bike but only ever using one gear, while obsessing over gadgets that don’t actually help you ride better. Just saying.

Are you sure it's not only a gamer mouse with multi-click macro buttons? Do you have some code or proof about it?

Autosnipe existed but nobody uses it anymore and it probably doesn't work in R28   @ffm2 had some click counter script in python which you might be interested in

I think their size was modeled after AoE3 ships. I agree, they need to be smaller, but that will make them look unrealistic.