Each major release requires development and structure.
The Point Releases are included in the development cycle. But each Version Development Cycle must have its development costs covered.
After-all, you wouldn't work for free, nor expect that once you have been paid a wage for a job, that you keep working that job with no further wages.
You would not expect to buy a 2019 model car, then be able to upgrade for free to the 2022 model, without buying it.
Some Large Companies use your Data to sell to marketers in order to offer you the product without directly paying for it.
Zorin OS does not take or mine or sell any of your data.
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