What kind of backlash are you thinking of? When I think of a digital nomad, I'm thinking of a rich white kid spending their money in a holiday destination year round.
Some digital nomads chafe at being charged "farang prices"(foreigner's prices) but the alternative is that locals are priced out.
Its similar to what I call hipsterization. Rich and privileged persons moving to an undeveloped area they deem cool, fancy cafes are opened and real state prices skyrocket.
1. The same people who are highly concerned about economic inequality and "social justice" within western countries today.
2. Locals of developing countries who do no benefit from the foreign spending or are even hurt by it (e.g., middle or upper class locals who lose their relatively privaleged status to foreigners).
3. Local men who see foreigners as "stealing" their women.