ninjenstein
Explorer
Thanks for the advice. I have considered this. Privacy concerns aside, I’m worried that once I enter the walled garden I might never be able to leave. I don’t know if iCloud allows you to easily export everything in case you want to move out, and even if it does, if it actually works. I don’t like that idea…Regardless of platform, the best way to both get around this and also to keep your data safe is to get the native cloud plan (icloud in your case)
All your older data that has not been accessed in a while will get symlinked to the online copy instead of local copy - this happens in the background without user intervention
As end user, you will not notice anything major (except for example, maybe 2-3 extra seconds when loading a full res copy of an old photo)
However you will not run out of storage on your phone for the foreseeable future
PS: Non native cloud plans will also work but they will require periodic manual transfers and deletions which can get annoying very quickly