The first 5GB is free. Once you fill it up you have to delete stuff to make room, or you need to pay for a larger storage capacity. Apple will not charge you for more storage unless you specifically choose to upgrade. iCloud holds your backups, your contacts, etc., but these are usually minor in size compared to your photos. You can go to iCloud to delete your photos or you can just do it on your device and the iCloud storage will mirror this as long as you have a wifi connection. How to manage iCloud

Do you have the iCloud application on your computer? I assume that it's automatically on all Macs, but you have to download it for a windows machine. I do have it, although I rarely use it. I just checked and saw that the pictures I took this morning with my iPhone are there, so I guess they automatically get uploaded.

mtvhike, it was the only solution. My store is 85 miles round trip and in a county with much higher virus counts. The only reason to go in person (other than they limit the online choices to the very newest phone models) was to have them set it up. Since they wouldn't do it, having it delivered next day for free was a no brainer. I didn't contact a sales rep online to see if I could choose from an older model, because I don't need the fanciest phone/cameras that they are pushing online. So I just ordered the SE which still was plenty $. And I'm so happy that it's smaller. The size of the 6 is the bane of my existence. Well, my phone existence. They sent a packing box to return my old 6+ for a $45 credit. I had already made an in person appt before I discovered there was no tech help available. I tried to cancel it (I got a same day appt) but the link in the confirm email was invalid. I went to another place online to see "my appts" and it said I didn't have any appts. I hated not canceling it, so I emailed the general support and told them the problem. They wrote back they couldn't help, so I just missed the appt. I wrote them later and told them again the link was invalid...they had sent me a second reminder email with the same invalid link. I suggested they forward to the appropriate dept, so they'd be aware and fix it for others. They wrote back and said they couldn't do that with suggestions on who I could contact to report it. Umm, no thanks.

As far as the phone predicting your driving location -- have you adjusted location services or ad tracking? I turn it off for most apps. Some location services are set as "only while using" (or else the app won't work right, such as Lyft). The only app I have set to "always" is my home security camera, so it knows when I'm home. I recall that with a Google phone, it records all kinds of your habits, and then uses that to predict what you might do next. My husband (a software developer) thinks it's helpful and generally safe, but I think the feature is annoying. I'm not sure if iPhones do the same thing, but there are a few different ways you can try to turn off, or at least restrict tracking: Location services: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT207092 Ad tracking: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202074 Turn off cookies and clear your web history: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265 (Personally I find that cookies are helpful on a desktop, but not on my phone's browser, so I turn those off.)