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Comment on files without edit permission
I just learned about a relatively recent Google Drive feature where files can be shared with others with only permission to comment: https://www.blog.google/products/g-suite/new-ways-comment-microsoft...
This is enabled by default when you share the file with view-only permissions - opening it in the web apps allows the use of "Review" mode, which gives you a commenting permissions and nothing else.
VasilMichev I wish that we could lock down edits completely, but you're right that this is closest approximation of the requirement to share with comments only.
bynum Did this ever get posted as an idea/request? I'm happy to upvote it. Its definitely hurting our teams not being able to do this in view only mode.
Ideally, there would be a user security setting that was essentially view only with an upgrade for comments only on files.
uramanda As VasilMichev noted, a feature that approximates this functionality already exists with Word files that you can share with "Open in review mode only" (do a CTRL+F on this page for "review mode": https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/share-onedrive-files-and-folders-9fcc2f7d-de0c-4cec-93b0-a82024800c07?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us). However, this feature does still require edit/contribute access be given to a file:
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