Parent company Google claims the software runs afoul of its terms of service. Google is shutting down Discord's popular Groovy music bot, claiming the software runs ...

The latest YouTube crackdown has targeted discord music bots. Google, the company that owns YouTube, has filed for a cease and desist and sent them to the owners of Groovy Bot. Groovy Bot is a music ...

There's no lack of Discord music bots out there – bots that you can add to a server that will then play music in voice channels – but unfortunately, Google is shutting down one of the most popular ...

In context: Google has pulled the plug on Discord music bot Groovy Bot. Groovy Bot channels music onto Discord servers from sources including YouTube, Spotify, Soundcloud, and others. It allows ...

YouTube is first and foremost a place to share videos, but the platform has long been a great place to stream music essentially for free. Sometimes, that functionality gets abused, and YouTube has to ...

After news broke two weeks ago that Google-owned YouTube had forced Groovy bot offline, it was widely considered to be only a matter of time before the platform came for the other popular Discord bots ...

Today, the popular video streaming service YouTube committed a murder most foul. Two stalwart members of any Discord server worth its salt, stolen away from us in the night. Groovy and Rythm are dead, ...

YouTube has been making moves in recent weeks to eliminate music bots from the online service. Not long ago, YouTube forced the Groovy Discord music bot to go off-line. After successfully driving that ...

Google has sent a cease and desist letter to the owners of Rythm. Rythm is a bot that allows Discord users to play music from YouTube videos without going to YouTube. It is currently used by 560 ...

The new feature doesn't have a lawless music bot's charm, but it probably won't get unceremoniously yanked. reading time 2 minutes After Google-owned YouTube killed two hugely popular Discord music ...

Something to look forward to: Discord has started testing a feature to let multiple users watch YouTube videos together. This comes a few weeks after Google shut down a Discord bot that allowed users ...

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