Error: unexpected char when starting app, makes it unusable

[mooreye]

Steps to reproduce

As soon as I changed region to United States (it is not my default system one) the attached error appears and makes the app shutdown immediately. The only way to get it working seems to be to delete all app data from system settings.

It appears one of the Trending videos in the US region contains some funny unicode character. So it's likely the issue is temporary (and hard to reproduce...), but may reappear anytime.

Expected behavior

App loads.

Actual behavior

App crashes.

LibreTube version

0.23.0

Android version

14 (GrapheneOS)

Other details

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[mooreye]

It appears to be this one: https://youtu.be/aoKL75ns_8c
If you search Let's game it out, this video's channel appears in search results and makes the app crash with said error.

[Bnyro]

Please update to the latest version, this has already been fixed a week ago: #5943