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No, if it's a hobby, it's supposed to be enjoyable. I do enjoy programming. I could enjoy iOS development as much as Android development or server development so why not combine that with making money?

why would you have an unenjoyable hobby? that's so incompatible that it's not even helpful to think about it that way.

a hobby seizes to be such once it's a business. i suppose for each the distinction between the two can be wide or narrow but it exists.

a business inherently involve transactions and this implies vastly more amount of responsibility.

Seriously! So many of these posts lately, I'm starting to think nobody codes for fun anymore... or at least the new generation.

I code for fun all the time; I just like it more when people pay me to have fun.

And if it does turn out to be profitable its a happy surprise.

I just took up drawing as a hobby without any expectations that it would bring me money, and its been much more enjoyable than other hobbies I've had where at the back of my mind I was thinking 'how could I make money off of this'.