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> "It's a very strange move indeed. maps.google.com implies an application lives there, far better than being on the root domain." How does "maps.google.com" i
by csmpltn 4y ago
> "It's a very strange move indeed. maps.google.com implies an application lives there, far better than being on the root domain."
How does "maps.google.com" imply an application "lives there" any more than "google.com/maps"?
Technically speaking, "google.com/maps" is far superior to "maps.google.com" (check out the rest of the comments in this thread for examples: simpler DNS configuration, simpler certificate management, CORS, cookies, etc).
- ilyt 4y agoTechnically speaking it goes around any security CORS and friends provide
- fnordpiglet 4y agoSecurity is hard, money is easy. Simple choice!
- csmpltn 4y ago> "Technically speaking it goes around any security CORS and friends provide" CORS wasn't designed to "offer any security" in this specific scenario anyway. By using "google.com/maps" they can simplify their systems (by not worrying caring about CORS).