[TheNewsIsHere]

What are you doing that requires you use iCloud in lieu of FOSS/self hosted options?

For photos, check out PhotoSync. It supports a one time purchase and is phenomenal for its use case. Fairly powerful; not something to use without reviewing every single setting first.

[noisy_boy]

You guessed it right, its Photos and Videos. Thanks for suggesting PhotoSync, will check it out.

[doubleg72]

Probably a bit more than you want to deal with, but I use Samsung phones and my wife likes her iPhone. We have Nextcloud set up, and both phones auto upload all pictures to the cloud (in the basement).

[noisy_boy]

I have been meaning to explore nextcloud. What client do you use for Android and iPhone?

[arcanemachiner]

Hope you have an offsite copy somewhere.