Apple customers who don't consent to WiFi tracking should not be driven by UX dark patterns to disable cellular service, when there exist distinct iOS buttons in Control Center for cellular and WiFi. Other buttons are on/off, stateless toggle switches.

I completely agree, and as an iPhone user since the first iPhone, I dislike the dark pattern.

However:

> But if you turn on WiFi without airplane mode, even once, you can never again turn off WiFi (only) via Control Center.

I don't think that line meant what you intended it to, so I was just trying to clarify.

Will use an ascii state diagram the next time this comes up :)

Luckily I (and my friends) get so many spam calls I've convinced everyone to contact me via Signal, and can just leave my phone in airplane mode a majority of the time :D