In fact, it's what Apple doesn't as well
https://podnews.net/article/bbc-blocks-google
So why are they calling out Google specifically? And what results would they prefer?
https://podnews.net/article/bbc-blocks-google
So why are they calling out Google specifically? And what results would they prefer?
If you don't have Apple Podcasts installed, you won't get any search results for "Apple Podcasts" (I tested this). And if you have another podcast player installed that supports iPhone-wide search (e.g. Overcast), you will get search results from that other podcast player.
This seems to me to be quite different from the Google search, which (from what I understand from the articles) always seems to link to Google Podcasts if you are using it on Android.