yt-dlp --version
2025.04.30

Son of a fucking bitch. DEBIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!

EDIT : IDK still works for me.

$ yt-dlp https://www.youtube.com/watch/?v%5C=FFe58KX4MHA
[youtube] Extracting URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFe58KX4MHA
[youtube] FFe58KX4MHA: Downloading webpage
[youtube] FFe58KX4MHA: Downloading tv client config
[youtube] FFe58KX4MHA: Downloading player b2515611-main
[youtube] FFe58KX4MHA: Downloading tv player API JSON
[youtube] FFe58KX4MHA: Downloading ios player API JSON
WARNING: [youtube] FFe58KX4MHA: Signature extraction failed: Some formats may be missing
WARNING: [youtube] FFe58KX4MHA: Some web client https formats have been skipped as they are missing a url. YouTube is forcing SABR streaming for this client. See  https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/issues/12482  for more details
[youtube] FFe58KX4MHA: Downloading m3u8 information
[info] FFe58KX4MHA: Downloading 1 format(s): 614+234
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 86
[download] Destination: Malcolm X ｜ ＂By Any Means Necessary＂ Speech (1964) [FFe58KX4MHA].f614.mp4
[download] 100% of   22.74MiB in 00:00:16 at 1.41MiB/s
[hlsnative] Downloading m3u8 manifest
[hlsnative] Total fragments: 86
[download] Destination: Malcolm X ｜ ＂By Any Means Necessary＂ Speech (1964) [FFe58KX4MHA].f234.mp4
[download] 100% of    7.14MiB in 00:00:08 at 902.54KiB/s
[Merger] Merging formats into "Malcolm X ｜ ＂By Any Means Necessary＂ Speech (1964) [FFe58KX4MHA].mp4"
Deleting original file Malcolm X ｜ ＂By Any Means Necessary＂ Speech (1964) [FFe58KX4MHA].f234.mp4 (pass -k to keep)
Deleting original file Malcolm X ｜ ＂By Any Means Necessary＂ Speech (1964) [FFe58KX4MHA].f614.mp4 (pass -k to keep)
$ 

EDIT : for those keeping score, IDK what to do at this point. If you like helping, give a hand.

$ yt-dlp -U
Current version: stable@2025.04.30 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp
Latest version: stable@2025.11.12 from yt-dlp/yt-dlp
ERROR: As yt-dlp has been installed via apt, you should use that to update.  If you're on a stable release, also check backports.

I already did sudo apt update, not sure how to "backport"