I honestly don't care that much - a lot of flashlights the flashing mode is easy enough to avoid. As for why manufacturers put them in... well, apparently it's quite highly requested by a lot of general users.
I'm not gonna rant all day about it but it's apparent if you've ever done business with chinese ..that tacky gaudy and ignorant is all the rage in china . i think it has to do with a country that hasn't had a pot to piss in and suddenly the bright lights are on ..It's disco time and it's exciting .. ask women anout chinese fashion .. it's pure garbage it's bling bling blong? all fizzle and flash ..To get something done right you have to demand it and demand it and get way up in their faces . if you relax they see it as an opprotunity to cheat steal and cut corners to save 3 cents ..they will ruin a product you can sell for 30$ usd by trying to save 3 cents and turn a good thing into garbage overnight .
they make strobe because they think it's cool ...no one wants it ..NO one .anyone who does has 700million lights to choose from .
Why does a 3 inch AA flashlight have an attack bezel..lets get real here .. someone is not thinking ..at all
Simplest thing to do would be to hide the strobe modes .. or make an easy way to disable them on the driver ..cut the red wire or connect the jumper by moving the connector over onto different pins .. too simple
Just talked with my wife on the subject and it was quite hard to answer why i would need more than 1 flashlight... after that it was quite easy for 4 but it's getting harder...
Maybe if i start digging into her nail varnish, cosmetics, body lotions and such... maybe shoes... XD