Liked this game until auto death

Ive been playing this game for about 8 months to zone out and really liked it until I got the update where all my sims automatically age and die off. No way of stopping it unless you pay. This will more than likely make me stop playing as I had things settled and now have to restart each month. If that is fixed, then Ill continue to play.

Saveitforarainyday about The Sims™ FreePlay, v5.25.1