On one hand, seeing how many people are impacted by taking down #CentOS 7 repositories and moving them to vault, I wonder whether we should have a different procedure for the EOL...
On the other, seeing how many people are impacted by taking down centos 7 repositories, looks like it was a right move. If people are still surprised and haven't checked what does EOL means for their systems in advance, it means we need this wake-up call.
Yes, it has impacted many people. It is a good thing.