I don't think immigration laws, or more specifically the restrictions on work that come with tourist visas, were designed for this case. What these laws are int

I don't think immigration laws, or more specifically the restrictions on work that come with tourist visas, were designed for this case. What these laws are intended to achieve is to prevent tax evasion and a cheap short-term foreign labour force being employed instead of locals. Digital nomadism however usually implies that you run a properly set up business in some country and also properly pay taxes for any profit you generate. Sure, the country you're currently living in probably wouldn't reject getting a share of that profit, too, but the currently accepted taxation principle is that you pay your taxes where your business transactions take place. Admittedly, in a connected, digital economy this can cause problems, some of which are exploited by international corporations in order to save taxes, but this is the current legal framework. As a digital nomad you also typically don't take away job or business opportunities from locals because your business doesn't happen in your country of residence anyway. Finally, digital nomadism probably - and pretty much like ordinary tourism - is beneficial to countries these nomads flock to as well, simply because you pay for goods and services locally, which not only supports the local economy but in most cases implies some sort of indirect taxation / VAT as well.