#GROOVY SOUNDCLOUD BOT OFFLINE#
Google’s move to force Groovy Bot offline could mean we’ll now see similar action against other Discord bot owners. While Groovy Bot supports Spotify, YouTube, Soundcloud, and other services, “something like 98 percent of the tracks played on Groovy were from YouTube,” admits Ammerlaan. “It was just a matter of seeing when it would happen,” says Ammerlaan. “They probably just didn’t know about it, to be honest.” Ammerlaan admits Groovy Bot has been a “huge weight” on his shoulders over the past five years, and that Google’s actions were always something he saw coming. “I’m not sure why they decided to send it now,” says Ammerlaan in an interview with The Verge. The Groovy Bot service will end later this month. It has now caught the attention of Google and YouTube. It has become hugely popular over the past five years, with some estimates suggesting it has more than 250 million users. Groovy Bot allows for a social listening party on Discord, largely using the audio from YouTube videos. The Groovy Bot sources music from YouTube and allows Discord users to play and share it in servers where the bot is installed. It started because my friend’s bot sucked and I thought I could make a better one,” says Nik Ammerlaan, Groovy Bot owner, in a message announcing the closure.
“Groovy has been a huge part of my life over the past five years. Google confirmed to The Verge that it took action in this case: “We notified Groovy about violations of our Terms of Service, including modifying the service and using it for commercial purposes,” a YouTube spokesperson writes, adding that its APIs are for developers who comply with its terms of service. Google wants the service gone within seven days, and Groovy is complying by shutting down its bot on August 30th. The search giant has sent a cease and desist to the owners of the popular Groovy Bot, which lets Discord users play music from YouTube videos and is installed on more than 16 million Discord servers.
#GROOVY SOUNDCLOUD BOT CRACK#
Google-owned YouTube is starting to crack down on Discord music bots.
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