Beginning very soon, you'll need to have Deno (or another supported JavaScript runtime) installed to keep YouTube downloads working as normal. Why? Up until now, yt-dlp has been able to use its bui...
What about Selenium or a headless browser solution?
The yt-dlp maintainers have no interest in doing this except as a measure of last resort. A headless browser solution would be an admission of defeat and would go against the spirit of this project.
I love the answer in the FAQ: https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/14404#issuecomment-3330980464