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Yes, but they'll make it serious. It will be a subject for study, a chore, something to get 'points' for doing, in order to get a career.
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That being the fate of many things else. Take Formula 1 racing, per instance.
But everyone would be still free to assume their own approach, won't they? Besides, approaches can be combined.
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I almost can't find the words to express how terrible I think that would be.
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Do not panic yet (at all?), Big Brother haven't come upon us to force us into reading essays on Kipling's influence on Tolkien. Let them who will be. Most modern readings of Plato are for 'serious' reasons, but I do personally know a chap who reads Plato for fan as a bedtime reading. (And his 'fan' fascination with Plato did not hinder his 'expert' dissertation on Plato, I believe it rather helped him to get his PhD)