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I don't it is because of Backflip Studios that Facebook is the only way at the moment. Everything was okay with Game Center until Apple made it stop functioning with friends when iOS10 came out.

Unfortunately, this had a negative impact on certain games where players depended on Game Center for friends.

It would probably take a lot of work and time for Backflip Studios to create an in-company database for finding friends. Also, just because they currently don't have it in the plans to offer another way doesn't mean they won't try to in the future depending on which resources they have available.