jbedol’s workaround is much better than that suggested by the moderator: I often write papers, with endnote, refs, comments, and track changes, while working with a colleague. Disabling the EN macros is reasonable in this context, making do without any of the above disrupts the natural workflow of collaboration. I should imagine that I am not the only academic with this work pattern.
What I would like the software programmers to do is to prepare a simple macro that will toggle between activate and disactivate the range of EN macros. Should be a simple work for them, and helpful for users. Me; I cannot tell a macro from a hole in the ground. And then add this macro as a clickable item on the endnote ribbon section.