

Being one of discord's largest bots (currently serving 93,642,608 users on 2,851,578 servers (I'll call discord servers Guilds to avoid confusion)), Rythm has quite a large backend infrastructure to deal with the load. The music aggregator let users gather for online listening parties, streaming sound from major services like YouTube, Spotify, Soundcloud, Deezer, Apple Music, and Tidal.Luckily I can answer some specifics about Rythm. "We expect in the next few weeks, most known music bots will end up shutting down just like a few already have," the FAQ said, citing the recent demise of Groovy. The bot, meanwhile, will continue to operate on Discord, housing the group's newsletter and providing updates about community events, merchandise, etc. Premium subscribers who have not used a "significant amount" of their term will receive a refund, expected in one to two months, according to the website's FAQ. "We've spent the last year working on something brand new in the music space that will revolutionize how we all listen to music." They expect to return next spring with a new project. "Even though our current service is shutting down, we're not going anywhere," the website said, promising that "this isn't the end" for Rythm. Launched in 2016 as a "small project" by founder ImBursting, Rythm has grown into the largest bot on Discord, currently installed on more than 20 million servers, as reported by The Verge (Opens in a new window). "Since we use YouTube as our main source of music, that means our current service will shut down entirely." "We have received a notice from YouTube asking us to shut down our service," the team wrote in an announcement (Opens in a new window). Rythm, which boasts more than 560 million Discord users, is complying with Google's cease-and-desist order and will stop working at 11 a.m. Less than three weeks after shuttering Discord's Groovy music bot, Google-owned YouTube is taking down another popular player. How to Set Up Two-Factor Authentication.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.How to Block Robotexts and Spam Messages.
