I retired as an Art Educator about ten years ago, taught computer graphic arts among many things...painting, drawing, etc., and in a northern midwest Wisconsin national forest community/environ. Connection had been an issue for many years. Our computer labs ran PCs (Microsoft) and Macs...and as a district and even at home we never did the Cloud...and used only Photoshop 9.0 which sufficed at the levels we taught.
Because of slower connection speeds...and my own general lack of enthusiasm putting things up on the cloud, preferring saving content to a number of external drives (which feels secure and is mine, and accessible should we have connection issues)...I have just never bothered with the "cloud"
Even upgrading...to MacOS Monterey...I hit "Later" when the popup comes up to initiate Cloud. Could be an issue as far as Apple verifying my original FCP purchase on my home system(?)
But that said, seeing the FCP on the Apple page, I get the feeling so much has changed in technology, not only since I've retired...but since I used many of these applications and software. I see Apple refers to iPhone and a minimum of "13 or later"...
Heck...I'm using a Canon DSLR70 with lenses to shoot video, very fine Hollywood standard videos actually... but in my old FCP I entered video to the time frame from a SD card reader. As for smartphone, I prefer the camera and editing features of the Samsung Ultra 22...and so, I'm probably way out in left field as regards any of this.
I need to perhaps reconsider a whole new direction for inputing video and making videos. I have a number of painting DVDs I put out over my old FCP...and ebooks...but, that is perhaps posterity now.
And to my surprise, though once I had FCP I never used it...I see after downloading MacOS Monterey...the iMovie app is no longer applicable...and probably needs upgrading were that the option for now.
So...what are my options? Doesn't seem my way of inputing video content would gel with whatever I can put on my current system. Is there other Apple sanctioned software I should look at? Someone mentioned "DaVinci Resolve" for free (whatever that is)....thx