From the irc screenshot that was linked further down this thread [1], it reads that the "cipher circumvention code" needed to be removed? I can only see some rework being done in the past related to the extractors. [2]

So they gave up on this one, or is there more to come?

[1]: https://twitter.com/t3rr4dice/status/1320660235363749888

[2]: https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/commit/2de2ca6659a18b...