As a very longtime Apple/Mac user, that is sadly no longer the case. With nothing user upgradeable anymore, I've noticed Apple products are no longer holding the same value as they used to.
I have the luxury of being able to upgrade my iPhone and MacBook every couple years as I write them off as a business expense. I made sure to take care of them so they are in perfect condition for resale when it was time for the new one. Where they used to resell at roughly 80%, that's now down to 60-70%.
I hope there is another option besides just deleting images indiscriminately. I run several comic strip communities and it would be a shame to lose all the posts and work I've put in.
What about implementing Imgur or something similar, assuming they scan for CSAM on their end. For example I often use the Lemmy iOS app and I noticed that all my image uploads using the app are through Imgur.