This is likely to be a domino effect and will affect other music bots on Discord. The Groovy bot supports Spotify, YouTube, Soundcloud, and other services, but most of its music comes from YouTube.

Nik also commented that it was “just a matter of seeing when it would happen.” They probably just didn’t know about it, to be honest.” It started because my friend’s bot sucked and I thought I could make a better one.” Adding: “I’m not sure why they decided to send it now. Speaking on the cease and desist, creator and founder of Groovy, Nik Ammerlaan said: “Groovy has been a huge part of my life over the past five years. Google confirmed that it took action in the case via The Verge, saying: “We notified Groovy about violations of our Terms of Service, including modifying the service and using it for commercial purposes.” Google has demanded that the service ceases within seven days and Groovy is complying by shutting down its bot on August 30th. The bot is installed on more than 16 million Discord servers. The tech giant sent a cease and desist to the owners of the popular Groovy Bot, which allows Discord users to play music from YouTube videos. YouTube (via Google) has started to crack down on Discord music bots, which are incredibly popular on the chat platform. Image credit: Alexander Shatov Google has sent a cease and desist to the popular Discord music bot Groovy.

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