Late to the party I just discovered that HD Pro has moved to subscription only and with a heavy price increase. We used to pay around $120 for the annual upgrade of the HD Pro perpetual license. Now the annual subscription fee is $450. In other words, CA can lose 75% of the HD Pro customers and still have the same income from HD Pro.
CA is doing this to increase their income. There is no benefits in it for the customers, on the opposite the customers lose their perpetual license in the process.
This can only mean that CA's strategy is not to be interested in the hobbyist segment and we have to look elsewhere.