[colomon]

But this is a pretty darned standard use case, isn't it? It's not like he's asking for the sun and the moon; he's just asking for a way to easily organize photos taken with multiple Apple devices, without using up all the storage in those devices.

That said, my family has the exact same photo problem, but only half of the devices involved are from Apple. A solution which was not limited to a closed ecosystem would be much better than an Apple-specific solution, in my opinion.

[scholia]

It's a standard use case for an average consumer who probably doesn't take that many photos and doesn't have much of a clue about backups. It's not a standard use case for anybody who is either a serious photographer or a geek....