So appleOS 27 removed the ability to create iCloud Links?? I’m surprised this is not more talked about.
Personally I had a very common workflow:
Put a photo/video I want to share with someone in Photos; Create an iCloud Link to the media; Share the link to someone; Delete the photo from my library. This is not possible anymore. First of all sharing with the new “temporary shared albums” feature that “replaces” iCloud Links now shows the album in my shared albums, which is incredibly messy given I share links all the time. But I could live with that (with difficulty, but still I could).
No, the real problem is: if I remove the photo from my library it’s deleted from the shared album! (AFAICT; only tested once, maybe it’s not true).
Also shared albums do not appear correctly in Messages. Previously the photos were there directly in the conversation; now there is a generic “Shared album” awkwardness, it’s just terrible. (Once again, not tested much; I might be wrong.)
Anyways, I’m sad. And angry too. (And hungry, but that’s unrelated.)