@sschott - consider it withdrawn.
@sschott and @LyzardKing - I suggest bringing the appindicators issue up in the ‘snapcraft’ category so others skilled in this area can comment and/or suggest improvements for the situation.
Done already here: Qt5 appindicators not showing in gnome shell - #2 by LyzardKing
I was just hoping you could point us in the right direction 