'difference between using a locale as a subpath, subdomain and not

I've seen many websites use subpath or subdomain for the locale.

eg. Apple, Samsung, etc...

At the same time, I've seen many websites without locale.

They don't use any subpath or subdomain for a locale.

I wonder why someone uses a subpath for the locale, and someone doesn't use it.

internationalization

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