And yes, you paid for and receive Zorin OS 16 Pro for life, including all of its updates.
Of course, that has no impact on following releases, just like a lifetime license for Microsoft Office 2003 does not provide free upgrades all the way up to Office 2019.
I admit, I have used Ubuntu 22.04, long before Zorin OS 17 came out. This prompted me to dig around a bit. I had concerns.
I posted this due to these concerns:
Testing Zorin OS 17, I was not disappointed in the ZorinGroups actions. Given my own experiences with Zorin OS, they have a knack for overcoming the shortcomings of the base.
Even so, on my own one computer with a few rounds of testing, I found little - others found more. Users that employ their computer differently or use different software can spot the things others miss, much the way I spot the things that they miss but are important to me.
Zorin OS 17 is similar to Zorin OS 6, which introduced a major and new release of Gnome that bore many significant changes.