Facebook Deleting Synced Photos

I use FB as a basic tool to communicate with my friends and family. I had never really thought of it as a method of photo storage until I scrambled to save my docs and photos from my last computer’s failing hard drive. Now, FB says its going to delete photos synced with cell phones and that we should download another app to transfer them. What exactly does that mean? Anyone doing that?

I found this: http://www.snopes.com/2016/06/12/facebook-delete-photos-sync-moments-app/

Thanks @ClaremontMom.