My MIL has one and loves it. It even plays Live Photos. There are multiple apps that will keep your iCloud Photos synced to various blob storage services. If y

My MIL has one and loves it. It even plays Live Photos. There are multiple apps that will keep your iCloud Photos synced to various blob storage services. If you just want to maintain a copy or have direct access to photos, that will be a lot easier than a webservice API anyway.