On August 30th, Groovy will end its service. The team has been mulling over this decision for a while now and, unfortunately, there’s no path forward that includes Groovy. It’s with a heavy heart today that I announce Groovy is shutting down. A message from the bot’s creators explains: It’s been estimated that the service had over 250 million users. Groovy Bot will officially shut down on August 30, with users who paid for the add-on getting refunds if their service goes beyond that date.
In a statement, the company explains: “We notified Groovy about violations of our Terms of Service, including modifying the service and using it for commercial purposes.” Google confirmed to The Verge that it was issuing a cease and desist order on Groovy, giving the creators seven days to comply. Groovy Bot is a simple Discord server add-on that allows users to play music within their Discord servers to create “listening parties.” The music, though, is sourced from YouTube using the platform’s official APIs, something that’s against Google’s Terms of Service. Sometimes, that functionality gets abused, and YouTube has to step in, which is what happened recently with the popular Discord service “Groovy Bot” and, after that, “Rythm.” 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.
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