What was happening was the option that was useless, in the middle, was useless in the sense that nobody wanted it. But it wasn't useless in the sense that it helped people figure out what they wanted.
Lo que estaba pasando era que la opción que era inútil, la de en medio, era inútil en el sentido de que nadie la quería, pero no era inútil en el sentido de que le servía a la gente para figurarse que era lo que querían.