

But, a statement from its co-owner Rythm's co-owner affirmed that business is going on just fine. The Rythm bot, another popular Discord music bot, seems to be the next target. But how long will it take before these bots get banned? This sad event left Discord users migrating to other music bots. The popular Discord music bot ended its services on August 30, 2021. He released a statement to the Groovy community on Discord, informing them of the permanent closure of the bot's service. Nik, who held Groovy dearly at heart, sadly complied with the ban. Nik Ammerlaan, the Groovy bot owner, received a cease-and-desist letter. This commercialization violated YouTube's Terms of Service, causing the video streaming giant to crack down on the bot.Ī YouTube spokesperson narrated, "we notified Groovy regarding violations of our Terms of Service, involving modifying YouTube's services for commercial purposes." Plus, it provided premium services starting at $3.99 per month.


The bot used metadata to extract audio from YouTube videos, making it available to Discord servers. The Groovy music bot sourced about 98 percent of its songs from YouTube, a Google-owned platform.
