That's a shame. Updates can be fickle sometimes, and I hope it works out in the long run for you.
Infinity definitely shows its F2P side a lot, but I think it serves a nice purpose as a casual Ace Combat game. It's fun to go on and fly around for half an hour or so, then move on to do something else. I used to take it seriously, what with its weekly challenge system and occasional dogfighting tournaments, but I've relaxed a lot since then. Mostly I've tried flying planes that the majority of the community has left in the dust, in favor of Raptors, T-50s, and Falkens. It's fun outscoring someone flying an Adler with an AV-8B Harrier, but it's even more fun for me to just have planes like that up in the air. Sure it's impractical, but it's a treat from me to separate myself from the "meta," and it's a treat for everyone else to see something they don't get to see everyday. That's pretty much my two cents on how I play the game.