CloudFront S3 Endpoint Works, but Not as Website Endpoint

I am setting up an S3 bucket to host up static files through CloudFront (which I have done multiple times). I noticed when I set up the "Origin domain" as the S3 bucket I had configured, I received a message that said:

This S3 bucket has static web hosting enabled. If you plan to use this distribution as a website, we recommend using the S3 website endpoint rather than the bucket endpoint.

There was a button to "Use website endpoint."

Given that this seemed to be the right advice, I clicked "Use website endpoint" and went on with configuration. However, I could not access the actual site.

After working on it a bit, I went back to this setting and disabled the use of the website endpoint. This changed the Origin access settings (see screenshot below). I was able to select "Origin access control settings (recommended)" option and everything worked perfectly immediately.

My confusion - why does the "Use website endpoint" not offer this option when its selected. It seems like it is needed. I have not seen any other information on anything else I need to configure if I choose this option.