In the WTF case, the reason is because this would allow modification of the const, so it is not allowed.
From https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/language/implicit_conversion

int main() { const char c = ‘c’; char* pc; char** ppc = &pc; const char** pcc = ppc; // Error: T3 is not the same as cv-unqualified T2, no implicit conversion. *pcc = &c; *pc = ‘C’; // If the erroneous assignment above is allowed, the const object “c” may be modified. }