[bennofs]

Having a network-connected device that you own be always available may not be such a huge problem. Many home's use a router that is always connected: this router could also serve as IPFS content hoster!

I view IPFS as a better distribution network, not a better host - in contrast to current's internet structure, if many people request the same content from me, they might only need to contact my server once and then share it between them thus reducing overall load.

So the point of IPFS is not to store content for eternity, but to provide efficient distribution of content.