Is there a way that I can edit and crop photos and pictures in the Photos on a Windows desktop computer?

travelingwoman333 wrote:

Apple simply doesn't allow Windows users to edit their media.

This is false. Apple neither limits, nor prohibits users from editing media on whatever device they want. Apple has no control over what you do on a Windows PC at all.

Is there a way that I can edit pictures and videos from the Photos app without having to use the apps in the Windows computers?

You can use any number of apps on the Windows PC to edit pictures and photos.

You cannot use the Photos app from the iPhone on a Windows PC simply because they are different platforms and and beyond that there is no way to access the iPhone Photos app on a Windows PC. Apple is not actively limiting this in any way. Its the difference in platforms.

You can download any photos you want to a windows PC from iCloud and then edit them with whatever tools Windows provides. Apple has no involvement there.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/edit-photos-and-videos-in-windows-a3a6e711-1b70-250a-93fa-ef99048a2c86