[AnonC]

There are third party commercial apps for importing data from/to iPhone for Windows and Mac (iMazing is one of those). If you don’t prefer that, you can also avoid iCloud storage as a go between by getting photos directly from the iPhone to the Mac by using a cable to connect them and importing photos using Image Capture or Photos.

[notyourday]

I kind of want it to "just work" with no work on iPhone user's side