In reply to Ashley.

I beleive they did it, more, for the users than GoDaddy itself. But that raises the question: Now that "we" know the mechanism, what would happen if (or when) an other Hosting company provides a theme for hundred thousands of users then submits that theme to the repository, will they get a free pass too ?

As you said, they are a hosting company, they have the means and budget to set up their own update system, so why bear the hastle for them when we all know that it would only increase server load and server costs for WordPress.org and knowing the relative unfairness in regards to the rest of the community and the bad light it would shine on the TRT ?