Well, that's exactly the problem, isn't it? IPFS could be extremely useful for local and private storage, as it provides a network file system with proper directories, an optional HTTP interface, content addresses and an fuse implementation to mount it on Linux, along with automatic distribution and caching of the data. Those are all excellent features that I haven't really seen in any other system.
But the actual support for local or private hosting is basically non-existent. On IPFS everything is public all the time. The whole thing is way to much focused on being a globally spread protocol, while it neglects the benefits it could provide on the local PC, by just being a file format.
What I am missing is something like Git build in top of IPFS hashes. Something that allows me to manage my files on my local PC without any of the networking, but with the content addressing. Something that allows me to quickly publish them to a wider audience if I desire, but doesn't force me to. Or even just something I can use as a way to access my local files via content address instead of filename.
