[nannal]

run a local ipfs node and replace the ipfs.io part with your IP, it will work fine.

you can even mount ipfs as a readonly filesystem and cat that hash and get the content.

[rmc]

If you install ipfs-companion browser extension, it will automatically turn all ipfs.io/ipfs/ links to links to your locally running gateway.

[hobofan]

It actually replaces all links of the form /ipfs/<valid hash> , regardless of the domain.