To me, it seems a long observable trend over time.
The ZorinGroup has been increasingly aligning its focus with an enterprise-oriented model.
The transition from Zorin Ultimate to Zorin Pro, the deprecation of gaming support and Zorin Games in the Pro version (see below for in depth on both of these points), shifts in desktop and display protocol priorities, and the centralization of package management—suggest a move toward a managed, business-supply framework.
Zorin Grid caters specifically to organizational deployment and administrative control.
In fairness, many of these decisions may also be interpreted as serving general end-user interests.
Taken as a whole, the direction of development aligns more closely with enterprise and institutional needs, while only partially addressing the broader diversity of end-user expectations.
The removal of Zorin OS Lite from the main download page:
Instead, a user must scroll down to find a small link. This seeks to discourage awareness of Zorin OS Lite well ahead of its official discontinuation.
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