Don’t delete your photos after turning on iCloud Photo Library

I recently wrote a Mac 911 column titled, “Yes, if you delete your photos from iCloud Photo Library, they’re deleted everywhere.” I thought that might close the door on the question. Instead, I continue to get perfectly reasonable variants on it.If you have iCloud Photo Library enabled, and want to clear out space occupied by photos and other media:Do not delete images or videos from iCloud.com.
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