thumbs up/down not linked in spotify iOS

[woolfg]

reported by @brgmn

[mre]

Was thinking of using the HTML entities of thumbs up/down. If I insert them into Redcircle, they get shown as text, though. 🫤 Not sure if that is easily fixable.

HTML entities: https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1F44D

[woolfg]

ios seems to be more strict and filters links (might be also the case for other ios apps such as the native apple podcast app)

-> asked ios person to reproduce the problem

[woolfg]

spotify on iOS removes icons

in native apple podcasts app it seems to work

[woolfg]

on ios spotify:

the text can be copied includign the icons. thus, the icons are not rendered. it is even possible to click the "invisible" link -> maybe they just can't render the utf-8 icons? maybe we can find other icons that work.

[woolfg]

for testing changed in episode

[woolfg]

it just works when there another character in the link to render.

• just icon without link -> ok
• icon with link -> hidden but link is there
• icon + text + link -> ok

[mre]

In this case I'd vote (heh) for either

• 👍 up 👎 down
• 👍 (upvote) 👎 (downvote)

[mre]

What's up with the last characters in the first line that aren't not bold? Rendering issue?

[woolfg]

in general works, but we have to make sure to include chars...