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The problem with anythin that looks like a local file is that it will be treated like a local file.
Almost all software currently in use assumes that it can read from a local file right away.
Any remote file implementation would need to hide the asynchronousity from the applications, thus effectively blocking the IO calls until they can be fullfilled properly.
Virutal file system layers allow applications to handle the remote connection differently, for example by providing a progress indicator and still be available for user input during transfer.