Users want Snapchat using the Snapchat client without having to maintain a second account or re-find all their friends. Same with Facebook, Hangouts, Skype, etc

Users want Snapchat using the Snapchat client without having to maintain a second account or re-find all their friends. Same with Facebook, Hangouts, Skype, etc. the ship for federation sailed when all the big players decided to kill XMPP and not try a new open standard.