That would be, as stated by Groovy team, just “delaying the inevitable”, as other platforms may follow the same steps as YouTube did. Using their old commands will not give you anything in return, but they may still be left there for remembering the good old times.īoth of the bots’ communities are still active, but they won’t work on a different alternative to YouTube. The bots were not deleted but deactivated you can still find them on any Discord server they previously were, but now they are permanently offline/idle. Fast forward to the 13th of September, Rythm received a similar notice, and announced it was being shut down on September 15th, so that makes two Discord bots in less than a month. While people mourned the loss of the bot, we still had more options to use, and it was expected to be a one-time thing. The bot developers received a notice from YouTube on August 24th, and one week later, it was deactivated. The first target was Groovy the popular bot was included in over 16 million servers around the world before it entered its eternal slumber. READ MORE: Genshin Impact: Honey Impact stays online, mocks miHoYo for their ToS misuse What happened to the bots? To avoid losing even more money in the future, the easier way to solve the problem is to force those bots to end their services. The number of Discord users is constantly growing, and the company has even turned down a buying offer from Microsoft itself earlier this year. YouTube would never go bankrupt from that, but it has surely cost them some revenue over the years. With less ads being played, YouTube makes less money. So playing music through bots is not only an easier way to listen to them but also to skip the ads instantly. When a Discord bot starts playing a YouTube video, it bypasses its ads. While the official reason wasn’t stated by either of the deceased bots’ developers, some speculation can be made. But, in time, everything must come to an end. You can listen to podcasts or listen to the content in a video without having to watch it. Since they actually play the audio included in any video, those bots are not limited to playing music. All you need is to allow the bot into your server and use the commands to select your favorite music or playlist.
You can listen to anything you want, provided that the music is uploaded on YouTube or SoundCloud (for some bots). Playing music is one of their most beloved features.
DISCORD SHUTTING DOWN UPDATE
Two of the most popular Discord music bots, Groovy and Rythm, were shut down following a YouTube notice received by the bots’ developers.īots are one of Discord’s main features a bot can be programmed to do almost everything, like auto-assigning roles to newcomers in the server, constantly update a channel with news or even creating some neat games like RPGs, Pokémon battles and Tic-Tac-Toe. In the last few weeks, Discord users had to say goodbye to some good old friends.
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