Why can I not make comments on pdf files?

OK this has been driving me nuts for a couple years now.  I used to have an earlier versison of Acrobat Reader (5.0 maybe?) where I could freely highlight and make comments throughout the document--very easy and straightforward.  When I got a new computer I had to go version 9--and now I cannot highlight, undlerline, comment or do ANYTHING at all with the text--on the very SAME documents I used to do this on (and on new ones as well).  Commenting is never allowed on ANY .pdf file I have.  WHY has Adobe done this????   Do I have to upgrade to some commercial version or what?  Frustrated as hell with this huge step backwards that completely limits my ability to find information in documents quickly.

You probably didn't have Reader before, but Acrobat, which is the non-free
version that allows you to create PDF files and to make comments. With
Reader, you can only create comments if this was specifically allowed by the
creator of the PDF. If you want this functionality you will other need to
ask the creator of your files to enable commenting in Reader, or buy
Acrobat.

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