Not related to location, but still noteworthy: If you're not going to be part of a team, it's always going to be weird because the culture of the brick and mortar office will be so entrenched in everyone who works there. On the other hand, if you really want to do well - then try to integrate into the team and not be an 'outsider', or feel the need to brand yourself as 'the remoter'
It is mostly a nonsense. There will always be contraflow to decentralized systems. The pirate bay situation is classic stick it to the man storytime. When are LEAs in these regions going to reason that TPB is a hydra - cut off one head, and countless others sprout from it? An absolute nonsense