You're probably not going to get much luck with a "on/off" switch for something like that. Just turn it off permanently with Forscan and call it a day.
Over here, you can readily buy BL's, WT's and all the other fancy squatched trims for MSRP right off the lot. But the Big Bend still has a nearly year-long wait list, which is odd.
I've constantly had issues with this thing, but it might be an issue on the phone itself rather than the Bronco. The thing that's helped me is clearing my phone's cache, but that tends to be a temporary fix that only lasts a couple weeks. S21 Ultra running Android 11, if that matters.
Don't buy it if you don't plan to milk it for what its worth. If you're just gonna drive it on the road as a grocery getter, you're better off getting something else. But if you actually plan to give it hell, then there's no better car to do it with.
Also, my windows rattle like a bitch and...
There's been a lot of "World's First Bronco [x]" lately, and it feels like some of them will also be the world's last...
Props for trying, but I can't really see any sensible use case for this...
I don't know if you're being ironic or not, but saying your Escape drove great in the same paragraph of saying it spent most of its time getting its issues fixed is counterintuitive.