Not glamorous, perhaps. But for the user whose entire collection of 2010s indie concerts exists in a pending download queue, these fixes are nothing short of heroic.
Version 3.5.126.0 is dead software. The open-source project yt-dlp (a fork of youtube-dl) is updated weekly. It supports the same features but runs via command line or GUI front-ends like "YT Downloader GUI."
“I use it for backing up tutorials I’ve already paid for on Patreon,” says Lisa, a university lecturer. “When a creator deletes their channel, months of lesson plans vanish. This tool gives me control.”