@ostyn hmm, spent a few minutes looking into this. the whole reason I pay for iCloud is to not have to deal with separate storage backup for pics, so I don’t love any of the options (turning off Optimize iPhone Storage would lead to 110 GB of pics/videos on my phone; turning off iCloud means i no longer have my pics in the cloud...) on balance, beaching about Apple Intelligence being a joke seems like the best, most fun alternative)