My $2000 iPhone is unusable because of Apple’s storage system and CapCut’s design — I’m paying $50/month for cloud storage I can’t even use

I’m at my breaking point with this.

I spent $2000 on this iPhone, I pay $30/month for 8TB of iCloud+, and another $20/month for CapCut Cloud Space, and somehow my phone is completely unusable because of the way Apple and CapCut handle storage.

I’m not talking about “a few big videos.”

CapCut is taking up over 800GB of my local storage.

If I delete the app, I lose every single editable project I’ve ever created — these are work projects, not random clips.

If I keep it, my iPhone is basically dead. I can’t update apps, can’t take photos, can’t even open Messages without getting “storage full” warnings.

And the worst part? I’ve done everything right:

• I pay for 10 terabytes of cloud storage between Apple and CapCut.
• I’ve tried uploading projects to CapCut’s cloud — it goes at 1% per hour and stops every time the screen locks.
• I’ve tried backing up through Finder and iMazing — both fail because iOS blocks access to the app’s sandbox.
• I’ve tried “Clear Cache” inside CapCut — it removes 500MB out of 800GB.
• I’ve tried deleting old projects — iPhone storage doesn’t change at all.

So I’m trapped in a completely ridiculous situation:

CapCut fills my iPhone → I can’t delete it without losing my job files

I can’t back them up → uploads crawl and copies fail

I’m paying $50/month for cloud storage → none of it works

My $2000 iPhone → completely unusable

Apple, this is on you too.

You’ve built an OS that locks users out of their own storage.

There is no way to access or clean up app data safely, and no way for professional creators to move large projects off the device.

If third-party apps can’t integrate with iCloud Drive properly, then you need to make that clear — because right now, we’re paying for storage that your system simply refuses to use.

I use my iPhone for work — this is not a hobby.

And right now, I’m paying monthly for cloud storage and premium apps, yet my phone is a brick because iOS and CapCut are fighting over where files can live.

I want Apple and CapCut to take responsibility for this situation.

Either fix the sandbox restrictions that prevent users from managing app data, or make CapCut properly store its files in iCloud Drive so that “cloud storage” actually means something.

Right now, I’m sitting on a $2000 work device that I literally cannot use — and both companies are just shrugging.

This isn’t a user mistake. This is a design failure.