Construct 2 was first released 9 years ago, in February 2011. Back then, Flash was still a dominant technology on the web; Microsoft's latest browser was Intern...
Sniff... goodbye my good old friend. The only one I could ever afford - for a hobby and as a beginner (which in my opinion still seems to be your main audience and is least interested in your C3 pay model - but hey, it works, so who cares). I know, you talked a lot about it in the forums and it is not worth it arguing about it again. Yet I fell in love with C2 so hard. In years I started many projects and just right now I made one little game so far that I could release a first demo within the next month. Well I have a family, some mouths to feed and not much time. And now I see this post - I know you announced it earlier - and it just makes me sad. I teach some students in a game design workshop with C2 and I will do so as long as it works - because I think it is the best plattform to start with. But will I tell them, they can do some 25 events and after this pay a monthly bill? They don't need any online support...
If you use them for a game design workshop, there's an educational plan available:
construct.net/en/make-games/buy-construct-3/educational-plans
It's not like any teacher has to pay anything out of his own pocket...
Also, you're not losing anything.
You can still continue using C2 if you just can't cope with moving on.
So where's the big deal?