The general public does not perceive that difference, likely as a direct result of dot-com inventiveness with respect to domain names. Thanks to the stupidity of “m.” (WAP is dead) and “amp.” (WAP lives!) and the cuteness of “baredoma.in” (Silicon Valley represent) and the insanity of “www1034.www” (here’s looking at you, HP), we have spent the last decade on the web directly teaching non-tech users that what used to matter (“www”) no longer means anything at all, and they’ve listened.
