@trickydisco78 @Netlify That's right. It helps your site become more resilient to changes in underlying network configurations and the fun and games that is DNS.
In addition to what you'll find in our docs, @biilmann wrote some good info on this: https://www.netlify.com/blog/2017/02/28/to-www-or-not-www/
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