Digital Nomads

I looked into the Long Stay Visa in France exhaustively when I had a remote job with an American employer. I read blog posts online from other people who had done it, I spoke to a lawyer who said it was possible, etc. I asked Reddit about it and people attacked me, yelling at me for trying to be an evil digital nomad who breaks the rules of the country I’m interested in; the reaction was ferocious. They said the stipulation that you can’t have a FRENCH job also means you can’t have any job whatsoever. It made me think I was not getting correct information elsewhere so I panicked and gave up. A few weeks ago, a friend of mine with a remote job successfully got the Long Stay Visa. So apparently it actually IS doable.