In an effort to extend the lifespan of my 6S I had my battery replaced by Apple January of this year, and iOS lists the battery’s health at 92%. One setting th

In an effort to extend the lifespan of my 6S I had my battery replaced by Apple January of this year, and iOS lists the battery’s health at 92%. One setting that seems to have impacted my phone’s performance is the “Optimize storage” setting that works in conjunction with iCloud and Apple Music. What seems to happen is that iOS will fill up my phone’s 64gb capacity before purging photos and music into the cloud. This results in aggressive memory management, resulting in many safari tabs reloading, and apps starting cold again. Often times apps in in the home screen will flicker “cleaning” in their names, which apparently iOS does when running low on storage space. This all cascades into the slow loading times described in my original post. Not the best UX, but better than manually managing storage on my phone. I’m sure I’m not the only one with this setting, so I don’t think my experience is uncommon.