Why is copy icloud link no longer available and what is an easy texting alternative?

I was so upset to learn that with the latest IOS update the option of texting numerous photos and large video files to  iPhone and android users using the copy icloud link is no longer available. Is there an easy texting alternative for doing that? And can anyone tell me why Apple took away the copy icloud link option? To me it makes no sense. It seems one alternative is doing a shared album, but to me that is not a solution as I feel I would have so many shared albums I wouldn’t know what was in them anymore. And I don’t like emailing. Is there a way of convincing Apple to bring the copy icloud link option back?