The only element of "if" is if the ZorinGroup recants on denying support for other Desktop environments.
This is similar to the Firefox thread.
Certainly, I can install any browser I want. I can install any D.E. I want (and I do).
But defaults are powerful things and the statement that Zorin OS and ZorinGroup makes in choosing defaults and choosing what to deny support to matter more than my own self-interest and ability to install what I want as an individual.
I can only install another D.E. or software as long as they get enough public support to remain alive.
GnuLinux is not being improved by "recent and modern" developments as much as it is being Windowsified.
Removing functionality.
Removing features.
Removing diversity.
All called Modern and Polished and Improved.
What they are doing is systematically cutting the End User out of development.
As it is today - as it currently stands: Windows OS has move configurations and more features than Gnome does. By far.
We can laugh at the registry editor, but you can do much more in regedit than you can with gsettings.
It is easy to change lock screen wallpaper and icons on Windows - on Gnome, it is a nightmare. Want to change the Shell defaults? Good luck. Want to change your GDM lockscreen? Too bad.