How native speakers pronounce “alternative”

Now I think we'll choose to merge because the alternative, being replaced, is far worse. But every major transition in the history of life has a condition:

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and it can be difficult to access. So wouldn't it be great if we had an alternative treatment for insomnia that was safe, easy to access and gave us quick results?

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and then down you go. The vastly superior alternative is what I call the cheesy upward spiral. This one was drawn by a professional.

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Is it possibly because their business models are threatened? If there is a cheaper, cleaner alternative that creates many more jobs,

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who pretty much created the AI companionship industry. So what's the alternative? What's our way out?

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about how having nice things said about you while you're alive beats the alternative, I wrote my dad a letter.

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