P: Add publish services (WordPress, 500px, Flickr....)

Hi Alan. What I think you're seeing there is the built in iOS share functionality which includes Flickr. This isn't technically a difference between desktop and iOS. Lightroom CC on mobile does not have Flickr export built in.

The aim is feature parity, but that will take a little time. The mobile apps had already been out for 3 years before the desktop app was released, so it's had more development time. The desktop is catching up fast, and ahead of the mobile apps in some things, but as you've noted, there are some differences. For Flickr, the mobile apps utilize tools built into iOS/Android OS's that aren't available on Windows and macOS.

SO how is this available on the Ipad App but not on the desktop version?

The Ipad app is hindered by only being able to export 15 files at a time so moved over to the desktop to find Flickr missing.

HOW DISJOINTED is this ecosystem????

SPJ, feel free to create another thread on that topic (but note that LR Classic isn't a full cloud sync member, but rather a desktop-based application, so I wouldn't anticipate that download-originals behavior changing). This thread is about sharing to other social networks/other websites.

What I don't like is that since I switched to the cloud as my primary workflow, when I sync LR Classic, the full resolution files are then downloaded. No. No. No. Stop doing that Adobe!

What I expected and wanted to see was Smart Previews to be downloaded when I sync in LR Classic.

I don't need all my originals downloaded since they are already backed up in the cloud. Perhaps, maybe, when I zoom in 3:1 to work in greater detail, then download the full resolution — really that only needs to happen on a case by case basis or manually at my choosing. 

Some valid points for sure.

There are some exciting features and functions that come with the cloud: A.I.

We're only seeing the very beginning of some great potential. 

One experiment I have been digging that's only available if you log into the web platform is: Best Photos.
It's like having a photo assistant help you pick out your best shots.

Hopefully LRCC in the future will have better publishing options that keep up with the latest industry trends.

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It was very confusing for the longest time the workflow between the LR Classic and LRCC. But, I think I am starting to see what is happening. I feel like LRCC is still being developed (like when Apple created FCPX.) With that being said, LRCC I feel (like many others), is going through growing pains. From a professional photographer's standpoint, it's not where we want it to be nor need it to be.

Adobe is giving us the option of workflows to choose from.

A) We can stick to the LR Classic method and use collections to sync to the cloud. And keep our disk based organizing, like how we're accustomed to.

B) We can migrate our LR Classic catalogs to the cloud and work primarily from the cloud. You can still use LR Classic.

It really comes down to where the original files live at the end of the day.

A) The files live locally on your hard drive organized in the classic manner as LR Classic does. This method will sync Smart Previews to the cloud through the use of Collections.

Users get to keep the file hierarchy that they are accustomed to.

B) The files live on the cloud. In this manner, LR Classic will create a collection set called From lr mobile. That collection set will then download your albums from LRCC in full resolution to your hard drive or destination folder that you have designated in the LR Classic preferences.

In closing:

• LRCC is in version 1.1 at the time of this writing. There is a lot of room for growth. Let's see what we end up with in v.2 and v.3.

• Creative Cloud will make more use of A.I. (Sensei) and the use of LRCC will tie more directly to Adobe Stock (all of this happening more on the backend/underneath the hood) as more shooters will be choosing to monetize their work on the Adobe Stock platform. 

Dope. Thank you for sharing this. Wish I had known about it sooner. Ha.

They will never ever do it. But you can use this: https://www.lrinstagram.com/. You will need CC Classic.

I have the Creative Cloud subscripion (two actually), so I always keep my apps up to date. It was unclear to me why there was a CC Classic and CC, so I installed both, and like many people discovered after the fact what was going on. 

I also finally split my catalog because it was becoming slow, only to take a bunch of crap from somebody at Adobe on one of these forums about how I'm wrong that monolithic catalogs cause slower performance. This was in response to myself and others discovering that you can only create mobile folders in one catalog. Again, I discovered after the fact that you can only sync folders in one catalog, and now I've got a total mess. 

After years of swearing by Lightroom and recommending it to many photographers, I'm pretty annoyed (that is an understatement), and my goal is to ditch Lightroom this year for cataloging. I'll use it to edit photo shoots, but I'm done. Adobe screwed the pooch on this one.