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Nope. Lots of people stay in business because they just like it AND it gives enough money for a reasonable life.

• djbebs 5y ago
  What makes you think their enjoyment isn't profit?
  • spiderice 5y ago
    No one is saying it isn't. But that's clearly not what is being discussed here. This is just changing the definition mid argument.
  • trinsic2 5y ago
    I think the point of all this is, don't put the cart before horse. Money is a byproduct of what you do to enrich peoples lives. If you put money first, people suffer, and businesses end up suffering in the long run. If you put enriching lives first, real people want to compensate you, hell its kind of unspoken/unconscious law not to take advantage of people that create things that improve life. I can't count how many times I decided to compensate people that made software that enriched my life, not because the asked for it, but because they made something that deserves compensation.