What I mean is that artificial withdrawal bleeding confers no health benefits (other than possibly in some POI cases where natural conception is still hoped for).
It is not medically necessary, doesn't treat or prevent any disease, and the recommendation for cyclical first is not due to there being any safety concerns with continuous.
Therefore for a particular individual, taking the progestogen continuously may be preferred above cyclical even if they are not 12 months out from their last menstrual period.
They may be happy to accept the possibility of some bleeding because for example the progesterone helps them sleep so want to take it every night, or they might be sensitive to fluctuating ups and downs and just feel better on a stable dose every day, or may find the lower dose in continuous more tolerable than the higher dose in cyclical.
Conversely someone who is well into postmenopause may have a personal preference for cyclical, perhaps because they don't feel their best on the progestogen and like a break from it, and this to them is worth having withdrawal bleeds and in the long term a slightly increased risk of hyperplasia.
In my view this should be a shared decision between the clinician and patient, rather than flow chart based prescribing that considers bleed pattern to be the sole determinant of who gets cyclical and who gets continuous.