Re:We Roam’s Death Stranded Its Customers Overseas, With No ...
by coldtea on Saturday December 08, 2018 @06:49AM
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The country might like its own culture and peace just fine, and not appreciate an influx of freelancers and their local influence, regardless of any the monetary benefits.
The local poor might also not appreciate raised rents that benefit the few owning houses for rent (the AirBnB effect but with longer term "nomad" stays).
Western ex-pats in the developing world have a long history of being and behaving as self-entitled scum, which doesn't win many sympathies.
Besides hipster "nomads" are among the most insufferable of people.
But even more so, and on a more serious note, a lot of those laws are to discourage mass immigration from even poorer places, not the occasional "digital nomad".
The local poor might also not appreciate raised rents that benefit the few owning houses for rent (the AirBnB effect but with longer term "nomad" stays).
Western ex-pats in the developing world have a long history of being and behaving as self-entitled scum, which doesn't win many sympathies.
Besides hipster "nomads" are among the most insufferable of people.
But even more so, and on a more serious note, a lot of those laws are to discourage mass immigration from even poorer places, not the occasional "digital nomad".