Konqi already appears in super tux kart!

Haha, I guess Wifi just requires you to go into the settings more often than something like appearance, which you usually set, and then rarely come back to.

It might also just be what people are familiar with on other systems. On iOS, macOS, Android and windows, the wifi settings are usually at the top. So it makes sense for KDE to do the same.

If you watch the video it cycles through a couple of logos, so I think they are actually their sponsors.