I look at it this way, if I made a copy of this work irl would the person who made it go without their needs met? If I bought it IRL already then it is always fine IMO. If it is a independent person I try to buy it in a way that they get most or all the money and I get files that are not DRM. It really a case by case thing. Like I will never give Nintendo or Disney any money ever again so I have to find ways to get what I want most of the time it is second hand or pirating it.
I would see what you could vibe code or just check if Linux can just do the automation your looking for built in. It depends on the desktop environment but I know KDE is very powerful if you are willing to put in the time.
I moved to Grayjay for mobile content viewing. I moved my YouTube subs to it and searched for each creator and found some channels have odassy and/or peertube. Having all of it in one place has made a big difference in my life I feel as grayjay is not trying to keep me engaged in their app.
This, if you must use windows get pro so you can just use winget
If they have a YouTube version I use https://www.podtube.me/ to make an RSS feed and put it in my Podcast player of choice.
I have been using lots of the different private keyboards that have been out for a while but FUTO just came out with a amazing Keyboard that has better then Google Voice typing.
It is not Windows I hate, it is the people how have not idea how people want to use there computer makeing the choices with where it is going.
The deck has made me more likely to buy a game on steam because of how easy it is.
Would you looks at that brave doing something crazy again.
This is kind of the best way, the wife vpns to there to watch lots of it because the us one sucks.