iOS 14.3: Apple Podcasts app for iOS: Searches for "True Crime Bullsh**" cannot locate the podcast

 iOS 14.3

Apple Podcasts app for iOS 

Unlike most people, I actually use the native Apple Podcast app on my iPhone. Although there are some bugs, it works decently enough, and I continue to use it.

I found an odd bug today, that I just had to write down.

Today I heard about a true crime podcast with the provocative name of "True Crime Bullsh**" I listened to an interview with the host of the show, and learned that the title is "True Crime Bullsh**"

This is what happens when I search for the "True Crime Bullsh**" podcast inside of the Apple Podcasts app:

This is the result for searching for "True Crime Bullsh**" in the app store. 

As a comparison, the Google Podcasts app for iOS has no problem find the same podcast...

Oddly enough, the Apple Podcast app will sometimes auto-compete the word "Bullshit" and then it finds the app!

This seems doubly bizarre, since the app was obviously presented as "bullsh**" per Podcast app rules set by Apple.

Here's a video of the problem:

.@ApplePodcasts .@AppleSupport

Bug in the Apple Podcasts app for iOS. If you search for “True Crime Bullsh**” podcast - search claims it can’t be found, even though the app is hosted.

Here’s a video...

Cc: .@TrueCrimeBS .@joshhallmark pic.twitter.com/EhkYibwHcM

— Random iOS Bugs (@RandomiOSBugs) December 16, 2020

Bottom line: Can you fix it so that searches for "Truce Crime Bullsh**" actually bring up results for the podcast?

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch the Apple Podcast app for iOS

2. Click on "Search"

3. In the search box enter in "True Crime Bullsh**"

Result: Searches for "True Crime Bullsh**" inside of the Apple Podcasts app for iOS are not returning the "True Crime Bullsh**" podcast

Expected: Searches for "True Crime Bullsh**" inside of the Apple Podcast app should return the "True Crime Bullsh**" podcast

iOS 13.1.3: Apple Podcasts app for iOS: App crashes if the user clicks and holds down on links in the description area of individual episodes

Apple Podcast app for iOS (version 3.6.2)
Date: 10/28/2019

Description:

With the iOS running 13.1.3, the Apple Podcast app continually crashes if the user presses and holds an active link in a podcast description.

Take a look at the detail page of Joe Rogan's podcast:

Head to any individual episode. You'll often see URLs on the detail pages of podcasts. Take a look at this one....

You'll notice the link (in this instance, a link to Amazon). Simply press and hold on this link. The app will crash - 100 percent of the time.

Here is the crash.

I'm able to get the crash over and over and over...

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Launch the Apple Podcast app

2. Head to a podcast (like Joe Rogan)

3. Open up the detail page on a particular podcast episode that has a link in the description

4. Click on (and hold) the link to an outside URL

Result: the Apple Podcast app for iOS crashes if you click and hold links located in the description areas of individual episodes 

Expected: the Apple Podcast app for iOS should not crash when the user clicks and holds down on a URL located in the description area of an individual episode