Photos App and iCloud Storage Issue - Workflows/advice?

[Blazer5913]

I currently am on the 200gb tier for iCloud storage, with the bulk of it being Photos library backup (photos and videos). Over the years, I’ve upgraded from 5gb to 50gb and now to 200gb. Unfortunately, my iPhone backup is around 50gb (crazy to me that this is somehow so big?) and the rest is Photos backup so I’m maxed out on my 200gb storage… to the point where I can no longer actively sync photos and and my iPhone won’t backup to the cloud. So I’ve gotta do something. I could always go through my library and delete some of the larger, 4k videos I have to temporarily free up some space. But this isn’t a long term solution. I also feel that 1TB is just such an obnoxious jump in space for my needs (no family sharing option for me). What do the rest of you guys do for this, as I feel I can’t be the only individual person with an iPhone backup and 150gb+ worth of memories that I want saved? The whole point of keeping these things in my library and synced is for easy access/on the go viewing on all my devices, so I don’t love the idea of manually deleting things (and backing them up elsewhere, not totally deleting) just to make more storage space? But also hate the jump from 200gb to 1Tb, especially at $3 per month to $10. Curious what you guys do or if you have any advice or workflow suggestions for storage in this high resolution era?