Yes. This is mainly to do with lights that are not for us. For me I know I would prefer the memory, but even this seems “complicated” to a lot of outsiders. The reason I didn’t put default to low as an option for this particular light is 30% of non flashaholic consumers would power it on and think that it was just a really dim light. It wasn’t until I started selling on amazon that I realized this. You can write something in a listing title, in the bullet points, take several pictures and make infographics about it, then put a set of instructions in the box, and still have hordes of people be like “Yep, doesn’t work”.
I given lots of lights to friends and family that were 3 mode with memory (or similar), and never really had anyone say it was a problem. However I am wondering how often they have trouble with it and just never said anything….
For another example I will use my father-in-law. He is a brilliant and capable man. A professor of psychology, award winning ball player, and a capable handy man (runs tractors, chain saws, you name it). When I asked him what modes he wanted in a custom light I was building him, he said “How about ON and OFF?”.