P: Client commenting, rating and liking collections without Adobe ID

[FeedbackCommunityMember]

Please allow clients with no Adobe ID to comment, like and rate Lightroom Mobile Collections. The un-logged in client access needs to be limited to a small number of features to allow clients to interact with their photographer over progress of work and providing feedback.

Only major missing feature from LR in my opinion.

[Franck Payen]

Hello. From time to time, I have photographers express the need to share pictures with clients, for review, comments, or even selection.
And since it happens every once in a while, I ALWAYS forget THIS MAJOR DRAWBACK: to comment or like a Lightroom galery, your client MUST be connected, via an email, an adobe ID, a google/Apple/FB/Msft account…

And WHY do I FORGET? because that's not the case in InDesign, Illustrator or Photoshop, where I can ask logged clients to comment, but I can also ask the client to put just a name.

Of course, there's a "risk" that your link becomes public, and you face a comments attack that way. But how does it happen when the URL address is a random letters string ? That would really be from unluck, negligence, or malevolent person sharing a link.

99.99% of the time, a photographer sharing a link to his own galery shares it to his own known client. And adding an email in that process just kills the motivation.

I wish Lr could be at the same level as Id/Ai/Ps on that matter.

[Vlad B]

Dear Adobe Team,

I am writing as a long-time Lightroom user since 2008 and paying customer, and I am deeply frustrated by your recent change to Lightroom shared albums that now forces viewers to sign in with an Adobe ID before they can like or comment on images.

This decision completely undermines one of the most valuable features Lightroom had: frictionless proofing and feedback.

Here’s why this change is disastrous for working photographers:

• Client proofing no longer works. I used to share albums with clients containing rough cuts or basic adjustments. They could quickly “like” or comment on their preferred images without any extra steps. Now, every client is forced to create and log into an Adobe account — an unnecessary barrier. Most people would not do it.

• It breaks my workflow. Lightroom albums were updatable and perfectly integrated: I could upload once, update edits, and process only the images my clients selected. No exporting to third-party platforms, no duplication of work. You just destroyed that efficiency.

• Spam was never a problem. You claim this change improves “security,” but I’ve never had an issue. Shared links were private, revocable, and under my control. If spam ever occurred, I could simply disable the link. You removed the good while “solving” a problem that didn’t exist.

• You are driving professionals away. The only reason I tolerated Lightroom’s mediocre sharing aesthetics was because the functionality worked. By removing anonymous likes and comments, you have taken away a key differentiator against services like Pixieset, SmugMug, or Pic-Time. Now, I have no reason to keep my client galleries inside Lightroom.

Adobe, this was a short-sighted, client-hostile decision. If you truly value working photographers, you must restore the ability for anyone with a shared link to leave likes and comments without being forced into an Adobe login. 

If you don’t, you will push more professionals like me to abandon Lightroom sharing entirely and move our proofing workflow to platforms that respect both our time and our clients’ experience.

Do better.

Sincerely,
Vlad Brook

[JohanElzenga]

I moved your post to the 'Ideas' section, like I suggested earlier, because this is a feature request.

[grayj7988641]

What's even the point of this feature if you need an adobe ID and it doesn't give you options to properly sort and organize in Lightroom CC?

 Is this specifically for when I share stuff with another Lightroom user for fun or something? 
how could this ever be used for actual work as is?