@BlackjackWidow Thank you for contacting the Community Manager and for all of us stranded it’s most appreciated.
@acedia2015 in regards to purchasing SimCity Buildit the official EA ad. is below without the graphics:
SimCity BuildIt - Free Mobile Game - EA Official Site - Electronic Arts
Build, craft, and control! SimCity BuildIt is an all-new SimCity game designed just for mobile. Available now on iOS and Android for free.
My interpretation is the game is not for sell.
As related to your question related to “bugs” and fixes - I believe they give a strong effort to correct once clearly identified (but with what’s going on right now - school is still out). Since the introduction of the war games the updates have had missteps but eventually they worked their way through them...the latest update has been almost a week with many folks unable to access their city. I hope this addresses your question.