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If all the photos and music you want are currently on the iPad, then getting rid of the laptop would not change that.
Yes you'd have to pay for iCloud storage.
Might be worth a careful read of this https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT204136 to see the difference in what's backed up to iCloud compared to a computer.You'd need to use iCloud photos which would be a remote copy of photos, but if you delete from your iPad, it’s also deleted from your cloud. There is a 30 day recovery though to help prevent mistakes.
I don’t know if there’s a backup for music as such, the suggestion would be Apple Music /iTunes Match, but as with iCloud photos they aren’t really a backup, more a cloud sync.
https://9to5mac.com/2021/03/31/how-to-backup-iphone-ipad-mac/
JonD-
Thanks, haven’t delved into those links yet but I will.
I figured the photos thing out, but what a workaround!
The photos that were moved to the ipad could neither be edited nor deleted, so I made duplicates of each one, hooked up icloud storage and it deleted all the unusable pics.
Pretty sure that my music is safe as well, as I was able to delete songs, et cetera.
withered_preacher
Hm. Then the issue becomes paying for storage and/or accidental deletion of items. I want to get rid of the laptop - would eliminating it erase all my music and photos?