

A section of netizens feels like this is a proper move as the discord bots were siphoning YouTube’s bread. from copyright strikes to influencing other social media like discord – it’s sad seeing it become more and more anti-consumer.Įven then, some tend to feel otherwise. Waiting patiently for the day YouTube is succeeded by a better platform that treats its creators & audience better.

Many of these users now want the Google-owned video streaming platform to step up and fill the gap it has created. With both Rythm and Groovy officially offline, users are on the offense and their anger is directed at YouTube. See, these bots enabled users to get music from YouTube videos directly, allowing users to bypass YouTube’s ads and seeing just how many Discord servers have these bots installed, it is impressive just how long they have lasted. Groovy receiving one just meant it would happen sooner rather than later.” “One way or another we knew this was due to happen eventually, Which is why we started working on something new a year ago. Speaking to The Verge, Yoav, the creator of Rythm bot said While this can be seen as big data stamping its authority and squashing development and innovation, these services operated in a grey area, and even the founders of these platforms knew their days were numbered. Makes me think one day all music bots die, and for me it really sucks… It’s kinda sad cuz one of the most favorable features of Discord is that we can listen to music freely. This discord music bots getting shut down thingy is getting too much right now. With these two massive bots taken offline, YouTube has triumphed! These bots that used YouTube’s API to deliver music to millions of users of Discord are no more and the users are livid! Source Google wanted the Rythm bot closed down within seven days, and the service has since complied with this cease and desist order by shutting down its bot on September 15th. Rythm and Groovy are some of the most popular music bots that let Discord users play music from YouTube videos and have more than 560 million users. Over the past few weeks, we have seen some of the biggest music bots on Discord going offline, all courtesy of YouTube. The Discord community is feeling attacked. Original story (published on September 23, 2021) follows: New updates are being added at the bottom of this story…
