diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py
index 81a6542c3..6b8e6e31b 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/abematv.py
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ class AbemaLicenseHandler(compat_urllib_request.BaseHandler):
         self.ie = ie
 
     def _get_videokey_from_ticket(self, ticket):
-        to_show = self.ie._downloader.params.get('verbose', False)
+        to_show = self.ie.get_param('verbose', False)
         media_token = self.ie._get_media_token(to_show=to_show)
 
         license_response = self.ie._download_json(
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
index a8e6c4363..66e46832d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/adobepass.py
@@ -1431,7 +1431,7 @@ class AdobePassIE(InfoExtractor):
         guid = xml_text(resource, 'guid') if '<' in resource else resource
         count = 0
         while count < 2:
-            requestor_info = self._downloader.cache.load(self._MVPD_CACHE, requestor_id) or {}
+            requestor_info = self.cache.load(self._MVPD_CACHE, requestor_id) or {}
             authn_token = requestor_info.get('authn_token')
             if authn_token and is_expired(authn_token, 'simpleTokenExpires'):
                 authn_token = None
@@ -1726,12 +1726,12 @@ class AdobePassIE(InfoExtractor):
                         raise_mvpd_required()
                     raise
                 if '<pendingLogout' in session:
-                    self._downloader.cache.store(self._MVPD_CACHE, requestor_id, {})
+                    self.cache.store(self._MVPD_CACHE, requestor_id, {})
                     count += 1
                     continue
                 authn_token = unescapeHTML(xml_text(session, 'authnToken'))
                 requestor_info['authn_token'] = authn_token
-                self._downloader.cache.store(self._MVPD_CACHE, requestor_id, requestor_info)
+                self.cache.store(self._MVPD_CACHE, requestor_id, requestor_info)
 
             authz_token = requestor_info.get(guid)
             if authz_token and is_expired(authz_token, 'simpleTokenTTL'):
@@ -1747,14 +1747,14 @@ class AdobePassIE(InfoExtractor):
                         'userMeta': '1',
                     }), headers=mvpd_headers)
                 if '<pendingLogout' in authorize:
-                    self._downloader.cache.store(self._MVPD_CACHE, requestor_id, {})
+                    self.cache.store(self._MVPD_CACHE, requestor_id, {})
                     count += 1
                     continue
                 if '<error' in authorize:
                     raise ExtractorError(xml_text(authorize, 'details'), expected=True)
                 authz_token = unescapeHTML(xml_text(authorize, 'authzToken'))
                 requestor_info[guid] = authz_token
-                self._downloader.cache.store(self._MVPD_CACHE, requestor_id, requestor_info)
+                self.cache.store(self._MVPD_CACHE, requestor_id, requestor_info)
 
             mvpd_headers.update({
                 'ap_19': xml_text(authn_token, 'simpleSamlNameID'),
@@ -1770,7 +1770,7 @@ class AdobePassIE(InfoExtractor):
                     'hashed_guid': 'false',
                 }), headers=mvpd_headers)
             if '<pendingLogout' in short_authorize:
-                self._downloader.cache.store(self._MVPD_CACHE, requestor_id, {})
+                self.cache.store(self._MVPD_CACHE, requestor_id, {})
                 count += 1
                 continue
             return short_authorize
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/brightcove.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/brightcove.py
index 936c34e15..a5412897d 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/brightcove.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/brightcove.py
@@ -600,9 +600,9 @@ class BrightcoveNewIE(AdobePassIE):
         account_id, player_id, embed, content_type, video_id = self._match_valid_url(url).groups()
 
         policy_key_id = '%s_%s' % (account_id, player_id)
-        policy_key = self._downloader.cache.load('brightcove', policy_key_id)
+        policy_key = self.cache.load('brightcove', policy_key_id)
         policy_key_extracted = False
-        store_pk = lambda x: self._downloader.cache.store('brightcove', policy_key_id, x)
+        store_pk = lambda x: self.cache.store('brightcove', policy_key_id, x)
 
         def extract_policy_key():
             base_url = 'http://players.brightcove.net/%s/%s_%s/' % (account_id, player_id, embed)
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/cbc.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/cbc.py
index cac3f1e9d..999b7bc53 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/cbc.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/cbc.py
@@ -304,13 +304,13 @@ class CBCGemIE(InfoExtractor):
     def _get_claims_token(self, email, password):
         if not self.claims_token_valid():
             self._claims_token = self._new_claims_token(email, password)
-            self._downloader.cache.store(self._NETRC_MACHINE, 'claims_token', self._claims_token)
+            self.cache.store(self._NETRC_MACHINE, 'claims_token', self._claims_token)
         return self._claims_token
 
     def _real_initialize(self):
         if self.claims_token_valid():
             return
-        self._claims_token = self._downloader.cache.load(self._NETRC_MACHINE, 'claims_token')
+        self._claims_token = self.cache.load(self._NETRC_MACHINE, 'claims_token')
 
     def _find_secret_formats(self, formats, video_id):
         """ Find a valid video url and convert it to the secret variant """
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index f4c34f43c..fe43ff519 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -695,6 +695,14 @@ class InfoExtractor:
         """Sets a YoutubeDL instance as the downloader for this IE."""
         self._downloader = downloader
 
+    @property
+    def cache(self):
+        return self._downloader.cache
+
+    @property
+    def cookiejar(self):
+        return self._downloader.cookiejar
+
     def _initialize_pre_login(self):
         """ Intialization before login. Redefine in subclasses."""
         pass
@@ -3593,7 +3601,7 @@ class InfoExtractor:
             0, name, value, port, port is not None, domain, True,
             domain.startswith('.'), path, True, secure, expire_time,
             discard, None, None, rest)
-        self._downloader.cookiejar.set_cookie(cookie)
+        self.cookiejar.set_cookie(cookie)
 
     def _get_cookies(self, url):
         """ Return a compat_cookies_SimpleCookie with the cookies for the url """
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/fc2.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/fc2.py
index 8983a16fd..3501c4cf6 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/fc2.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/fc2.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class FC2IE(InfoExtractor):
         webpage = None
         if not url.startswith('fc2:'):
             webpage = self._download_webpage(url, video_id)
-            self._downloader.cookiejar.clear_session_cookies()  # must clear
+            self.cookiejar.clear_session_cookies()  # must clear
             self._login()
 
         title, thumbnail, description = None, None, None
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/foxgay.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/foxgay.py
index 4abc2cfd0..b285464ec 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/foxgay.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/foxgay.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class FoxgayIE(InfoExtractor):
         description = get_element_by_id('inf_tit', webpage)
 
         # The default user-agent with foxgay cookies leads to pages without videos
-        self._downloader.cookiejar.clear('.foxgay.com')
+        self.cookiejar.clear('.foxgay.com')
         # Find the URL for the iFrame which contains the actual video.
         iframe_url = self._html_search_regex(
             r'<iframe[^>]+src=([\'"])(?P<url>[^\'"]+)\1', webpage,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/googledrive.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/googledrive.py
index b4f483298..d7475b6da 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/googledrive.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/googledrive.py
@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@ class GoogleDriveIE(InfoExtractor):
             subtitles_id = ttsurl.encode('utf-8').decode(
                 'unicode_escape').split('=')[-1]
 
-        self._downloader.cookiejar.clear(domain='.google.com', path='/', name='NID')
+        self.cookiejar.clear(domain='.google.com', path='/', name='NID')
 
         return {
             'id': video_id,
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/iqiyi.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/iqiyi.py
index 059b62e2a..35691ec20 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/iqiyi.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/iqiyi.py
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class IqIE(InfoExtractor):
     '''
 
     def _extract_vms_player_js(self, webpage, video_id):
-        player_js_cache = self._downloader.cache.load('iq', 'player_js')
+        player_js_cache = self.cache.load('iq', 'player_js')
         if player_js_cache:
             return player_js_cache
         webpack_js_url = self._proto_relative_url(self._search_regex(
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ class IqIE(InfoExtractor):
                 f'https://stc.iqiyipic.com/_next/static/chunks/{webpack_map1.get(module_index, module_index)}.{webpack_map2[module_index]}.js',
                 video_id, note=f'Downloading #{module_index} module JS', errnote='Unable to download module JS', fatal=False) or ''
             if 'vms request' in module_js:
-                self._downloader.cache.store('iq', 'player_js', module_js)
+                self.cache.store('iq', 'player_js', module_js)
                 return module_js
         raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract player JS')
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/openload.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/openload.py
index 22d7e1a84..79dad09e3 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/openload.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/openload.py
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ class PhantomJSwrapper:
                 os.remove(self._TMP_FILES[name].name)
 
     def _save_cookies(self, url):
-        cookies = cookie_jar_to_list(self.extractor._downloader.cookiejar)
+        cookies = cookie_jar_to_list(self.extractor.cookiejar)
         for cookie in cookies:
             if 'path' not in cookie:
                 cookie['path'] = '/'
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/radiko.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/radiko.py
index dbb748715..498cc6be9 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/radiko.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/radiko.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class RadikoBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
             }).split(',')[0]
 
         auth_data = (auth_token, area_id)
-        self._downloader.cache.store('radiko', 'auth_data', auth_data)
+        self.cache.store('radiko', 'auth_data', auth_data)
         return auth_data
 
     def _extract_full_key(self):
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class RadikoIE(RadikoBaseIE):
         vid_int = unified_timestamp(video_id, False)
         prog, station_program, ft, radio_begin, radio_end = self._find_program(video_id, station, vid_int)
 
-        auth_cache = self._downloader.cache.load('radiko', 'auth_data')
+        auth_cache = self.cache.load('radiko', 'auth_data')
         for attempt in range(2):
             auth_token, area_id = (not attempt and auth_cache) or self._auth_client()
             formats = self._extract_formats(
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/rokfin.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/rokfin.py
index 1ba11bd51..119c5ea3c 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/rokfin.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/rokfin.py
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ class RokfinSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor):
     _db_access_key = None
 
     def _real_initialize(self):
-        self._db_url, self._db_access_key = self._downloader.cache.load(self.ie_key(), 'auth', default=(None, None))
+        self._db_url, self._db_access_key = self.cache.load(self.ie_key(), 'auth', default=(None, None))
         if not self._db_url:
             self._get_db_access_credentials()
 
@@ -405,6 +405,6 @@ class RokfinSearchIE(SearchInfoExtractor):
 
             self._db_url = url_or_none(f'{auth_data["ENDPOINT_BASE"]}/api/as/v1/engines/rokfin-search/search.json')
             self._db_access_key = f'Bearer {auth_data["SEARCH_KEY"]}'
-            self._downloader.cache.store(self.ie_key(), 'auth', (self._db_url, self._db_access_key))
+            self.cache.store(self.ie_key(), 'auth', (self._db_url, self._db_access_key))
             return
         raise ExtractorError('Unable to extract access credentials')
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/soundcloud.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/soundcloud.py
index 6dfa50c60..9e4c8cf25 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/soundcloud.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/soundcloud.py
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class SoundcloudBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
     _HEADERS = {}
 
     def _store_client_id(self, client_id):
-        self._downloader.cache.store('soundcloud', 'client_id', client_id)
+        self.cache.store('soundcloud', 'client_id', client_id)
 
     def _update_client_id(self):
         webpage = self._download_webpage('https://soundcloud.com/', None)
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class SoundcloudBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
                 raise
 
     def _initialize_pre_login(self):
-        self._CLIENT_ID = self._downloader.cache.load('soundcloud', 'client_id') or 'a3e059563d7fd3372b49b37f00a00bcf'
+        self._CLIENT_ID = self.cache.load('soundcloud', 'client_id') or 'a3e059563d7fd3372b49b37f00a00bcf'
 
     def _perform_login(self, username, password):
         if username != 'oauth':
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/udemy.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/udemy.py
index d35cd0d43..94ea2fe59 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/udemy.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/udemy.py
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ class UdemyIE(InfoExtractor):
             'X-Udemy-Snail-Case': 'true',
             'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest',
         }
-        for cookie in self._downloader.cookiejar:
+        for cookie in self.cookiejar:
             if cookie.name == 'client_id':
                 headers['X-Udemy-Client-Id'] = cookie.value
             elif cookie.name == 'access_token':
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/wppilot.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/wppilot.py
index 6349e5326..e1062b9b5 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/wppilot.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/wppilot.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class WPPilotBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
 
     def _get_channel_list(self, cache=True):
         if cache is True:
-            cache_res = self._downloader.cache.load('wppilot', 'channel-list')
+            cache_res = self.cache.load('wppilot', 'channel-list')
             if cache_res:
                 return cache_res, True
         webpage = self._download_webpage('https://pilot.wp.pl/tv/', None, 'Downloading webpage')
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ class WPPilotBaseIE(InfoExtractor):
             channel_list = try_get(qhash_content, lambda x: x['data']['allChannels']['nodes'])
             if channel_list is None:
                 continue
-            self._downloader.cache.store('wppilot', 'channel-list', channel_list)
+            self.cache.store('wppilot', 'channel-list', channel_list)
             return channel_list, False
         raise ExtractorError('Unable to find the channel list')
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ class WPPilotIE(WPPilotBaseIE):
         channel = self._get_channel(video_id)
         video_id = str(channel['id'])
 
-        is_authorized = next((c for c in self._downloader.cookiejar if c.name == 'netviapisessid'), None)
+        is_authorized = next((c for c in self.cookiejar if c.name == 'netviapisessid'), None)
         # cookies starting with "g:" are assigned to guests
         is_authorized = True if is_authorized is not None and not is_authorized.value.startswith('g:') else False
 
diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
index ccb41cb2e..dee051d05 100644
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/youtube.py
@@ -2475,7 +2475,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
         func_id = f'js_{player_id}_{self._signature_cache_id(example_sig)}'
         assert os.path.basename(func_id) == func_id
 
-        cache_spec = self._downloader.cache.load('youtube-sigfuncs', func_id)
+        cache_spec = self.cache.load('youtube-sigfuncs', func_id)
         if cache_spec is not None:
             return lambda s: ''.join(s[i] for i in cache_spec)
 
@@ -2487,7 +2487,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             cache_res = res(test_string)
             cache_spec = [ord(c) for c in cache_res]
 
-            self._downloader.cache.store('youtube-sigfuncs', func_id, cache_spec)
+            self.cache.store('youtube-sigfuncs', func_id, cache_spec)
             return res
 
     def _print_sig_code(self, func, example_sig):
@@ -2602,7 +2602,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
 
     def _extract_n_function(self, video_id, player_url):
         player_id = self._extract_player_info(player_url)
-        func_code = self._downloader.cache.load('youtube-nsig', player_id)
+        func_code = self.cache.load('youtube-nsig', player_id)
 
         if func_code:
             jsi = JSInterpreter(func_code)
@@ -2611,7 +2611,7 @@ class YoutubeIE(YoutubeBaseInfoExtractor):
             funcname = self._extract_n_function_name(jscode)
             jsi = JSInterpreter(jscode)
             func_code = jsi.extract_function_code(funcname)
-            self._downloader.cache.store('youtube-nsig', player_id, func_code)
+            self.cache.store('youtube-nsig', player_id, func_code)
 
         if self.get_param('youtube_print_sig_code'):
             self.to_screen(f'Extracted nsig function from {player_id}:\n{func_code[1]}\n')