I hate to throw the word "FRAUD" around, but if EA says that if you purchase to remove ads, but then FAILS to remove ads, that is a little on the fraud-y side. I paid to remove ads months ago and it worked fine for a moment, but now the last couple of times that I've tried to play the game all I get are ads CONSTANTLY playing: before every level, before every mini-game. I know this is an older game, but EA obviously has a glitch that needs to be fixed. I play both PVZ and PVZ2 and they are both hella glitchy. They appear to be fixing PVZ2, (very slowly, but it is still buggy) but you can't just let PVZ run on autopilot. The OS updates so the apps need to be updated accordingly.
Of course, I don't think that EA really cares at this point. They have their money and I have a game I refuse to play because I refuse to sit through ads that I paid to remove.