> They could have run their own servers
This is exactly what Apple does, and they even include some fallback domains in case apple.com doesn't resolve. Samsung's design seems less like the most logical solution than it does the laziest solution.
This is exactly what Apple does, and they even include some fallback domains in case apple.com doesn't resolve. Samsung's design seems less like the most logical solution than it does the laziest solution.
Maybe. But also probably shortest path, least amount of risk and resource investment.
The more likely scenario is that they came up with what they thought was a good-enough solution and just moved on without really considering the knock-on effects.
That is laziness.