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		defen 20 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Chrome DevTools MCP (2025) To clarify - yt-dlp is a command line tool for downloading youtube videos, but it's in a constant arms race with the youtube website because they are constantly changing things in a way that blocks yt-dlp.

dexterdog 20 days ago [–]

I wouldn't call it an arms race. I don't update my client that often and I rarely have problems downloading any video with it.

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