i just keep everything ive bothered to keep, (data and stuff) i put it in a sensible place and it only consumes time when looking for it. the new external driv

i just keep everything ive bothered to keep, (data and stuff) i put it in a sensible place and it only consumes time when looking for it. the new external drive is so much larger than the oldest ones i put the new stuff on it and use the rest of the space to backup old drives. friends are constantly purging stuff but they seem unaware how much time and effort it takes. the significant other wanted to clean up her old photos rather than upgrade the icloud. its an insane amount of work?