Hi Jim,
I completely agree with your suggestion of allowing users to turn EPS off, but Adobe also needs to fix it for users who choose to leave it on. If they fix it as I suggest, then perhaps there wouldn't be such a need to turn EPS off. However, each user knows best what works better for their own workflow and should therefore be allowed to make the final decision of using it or not instead of Adobe making the decision for all of us. I'll submit a new Feature Request. Cheers!