Right I am not saying it is impossible. I am just too comfortable and ingrained working locally for so many years that I don't really feel like jumping out and managing the taxes, visas, and so on that will come with it. I wouldn't do $30 if it was my main work, I just wanted to give one example of someone doing it and why.
Yeah if you do work 100% legal, it could be a hassle. Sadly the current rules in Thailand regarding remote work make 100% legal working quite difficult if you're a 1-person company.
But if you setup an offshore company in another country (e.g. Seychelles) you pay a small yearly fee (e.g. 1500 EUR) and would be able to keep all of your income, provided you don't send the money to Thailand in the same year that you've earned it (so you need about a year in savings to live on). In such situations I think it's not too much work involved.
Regulations for digital nomads might improve soon in Thailand I believe, so working legally as a single person company in Thailand could become easier hopefully.
I have looked into it quite a bit, even with the company workaround I would still not be allowed to actually do the work from Thailand due to not having a work permit. I know it is not enforced and all that, it would just take a really really solid salary/rate for me to uproot my current life and go that way.
