Very well said. I have been at the top level for a few years, and I'm willing to put some money into the game ($3/day), but I can no longer stay at the top with that expenditure. The loss of the 15 level race was the last straw, but F5 was a loss as well. I'm about ready to quit.
I solved the problem by deleting the Candy Crush app and reinstalling. Luckily I had saved with Facebook, I only lost about 20 levels that I had passed since the app went offline.
Thanks Tony. I checked and there are no apps available for either Candy Crush or Android OS. I have restarted the phone several times. I also cleared cache on the Candy Crush app, and performed a hard stop on the app. Phone: SAMSUNG-SM-G900V Android version: 5.0. Android security patch level: 2016-02-01