So you're telling me that if snaps take off and become a standard there's a good chance I'll have to use them just to get my drivers? Now I hate them even more!
This is highly unlikely. Snapd is open source so you can just repackage the software for your distro of choice. I don't think giving users the ability to use both Flatpak and Snap is bad. Though I would put Snap behind a disclaimer due to Snap Store's history.