Yeah, and it takes too long to even load onto the game now. By the time it actually connects, I've lost interest. Although most of the new features are pretty cool, they're far too expensive for how long it takes too gain the money in the first place (Im level 39, and even with millions of Simoleons still have this issue).
It is indeed a real shame because this game used to be really addictive but now the only thing stopping me from deleting it is the small hope that it might fix up and the free 30,000s/ 3LP/inspired sims that I automatically get when I haven't been on it for about 3 weeks straight. It's disappointing.