Shared Album = Almost Unlimited Storage? Is this a trick?

[Guest /u/Jealous-Jello-3332]

Hi everyone! I’m new to iPhone, and I came across some posts saying that if you add photos to a shared album in the iPhone Photo Library, they’re stored in the cloud but don’t use up your iCloud storage.

 

Before risking any valuable photos, I wanted to ask:

 

1. Is it true that shared albums don’t count against iCloud storage?
   
2. What happens to the shared album photos if I switch to a new iPhone?
   

 

I tried creating a shared album and shared it with myself. I deleted the original photos from the camera roll and even from the "Recently Deleted" folder, but the photos remain in the shared album.

 

However, I noticed something strange: when I log into iCloud from my PC (Windows) using a browser, I don’t see the shared albums there. Are shared albums only accessible on Apple devices?

 

Thanks in advance for your help!

 

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