Most of the time you can rely on implicit casts.

But there is one notable exception: when you convert a JsonVariant to a String.

For example:

String ssid = network["ssid"];
ssid = network["ssid"];

The first line will compile but the second will fail with the following error:

error: ambiguous overload for 'operator=' (operand types are 'String' and 'ArduinoJson::JsonObjectSubscript<const char*>')

The solution is to remove the ambiguity with any of the following replacement:

ssid = (const char*)network["ssid"];
ssid = network["ssid"].as<const char*>();
ssid = network["ssid"].as<String>();
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