The title basically explains it. Every single time i open the camera app to take a picture or try to download a new app something pops up saying that i don’t have enough storage. I have an iphone 11 pro max

I've hit the limit on my 50 GB plan and I'm looking to free up some space.

Like most people, it's almost entirely photos & videos taking up the space. The simplest strategy would be to do like the pre-iCloud days and just mass offload the oldest stuff. But the main reason I'm subscribed to iCloud+ is that I love having access on my phone to all my photos and not just my recent ones.

A good-sounding strategy I've read is to go through your photos & videos and delete similar photos and clip videos down to just the parts you want to keep. The problem is this is very labor-intensive & time-consuming and results in only tiny incremental gains. I've calculated that to free up even a single GB of space would require deleting 17 minutes of video or 500 photos. It's like picking away at a giant ice block with a toothpick.

So what are people's strategies for managing their iCloud storage?

P.S. I could of course just upgrade to the next tier of iCloud+ but that's just paying to kick the problem further down the road. It feels prudent that I should adopt some strategy to reduce my space use regardless.