To be fair, the total number of people "boycotting" EAGLE are probably now known, their existing user base will more than likely be happy to upgrade, I switched from EAGLE to KiCAD, purely for the fact that KiCAD did everything EAGLE did (that I needed) and it was completely free and OS.
If the changes to the new software are legible enough for "flown" users to come back to it then they make expand their user base.
Nevertheless, it's nice to know that it is still in active development, I was a happy EAGLE user for many years, and would have no real issue going back to use it tomorrow (apart from price when using it for personal use, can't beat free and unrestricted!).