Can't say I see it the same way about the file system, although I get where you're coming from about other limitations of the iPadOS way of doing things. I pay

Can't say I see it the same way about the file system, although I get where you're coming from about other limitations of the iPadOS way of doing things. I pay $2.99 a month for 200GB of iCloud, and what I get in return is a folder on my desktop which is shared between phone, tablet, and laptop. It "just works", I have no complaints. I'd be paying that money anyway just to back up my photos. The other way of doing things is the 'share' button, and when it works, it's really great. Sometimes it doesn't, because the app I want to use next hasn't registered itself properly or something, so I have to use Save to Files as a fallback. Which is fine and has never failed me.