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You know what? Screw it. I'mma put this in gpt and see what comes out ...

Well, partner, let me tell ya 'bout this here tale, “Hamlet.” So, there’s this young fella named Hamlet, right? He's the son of the late King of Denmark. Now, his daddy got done in by none other than his own brother, Claudius. Now, ol' Claudius, he ain’t one for sittin' on his heels—he done married Hamlet's mama, Gertrude, quicker than a rattlesnake striking.

One night, ol’ Hamlet sees his daddy’s ghost, all pale and spooky-like, and that ghost tells him, "Son, yer uncle Claudius done me wrong! It’s up to you to set things right." Well, that sends Hamlet into a tailspin. He gets himself tangled in doubt and fear, not sure if he should go after his uncle or not. He starts puttin' on a fake madman act, hopin’ to throw folks off his scent while he figures out what to do.

Meanwhile, things go all kinds of sideways—Hamlet kills an innocent feller, Polonius, who’s hidin' behind a curtain, thinkin’ it’s Claudius. His gal Ophelia goes all loony and drowns herself. Her brother, Laertes, is riled up, wanting revenge.

Long story short, it all comes to a head in a big ol’ swordfight, where Hamlet and Laertes trade blows, and folks drop like flies. Hamlet, he finally puts an end to his treacherous uncle, but he don’t walk away clean. He, too, gets his just desserts, and the whole kingdom’s left in ruin.

That’s the gist of it, son—one big, tragic mess where revenge and betrayal run wild like a stampede.

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Yup. I hate it.

The short answer is money. Somewhat straightforwardly, YouTube has chosen to degrade the user experience of the embedded player publishers like Vox Media use, and the only way to get that link back is by using a slightly different player that pays us less and YouTube more.

Harry doesn't mind

That is a fair point lol

Edit: not sure I've ever been downvoted for agreeing with the main question hahahaha classic

I mean... if it works, it works.

This article may have been right 2 years ago, but not so much today.

I have an offline stt keyboard on my phone that uses Vosk. I used to have a stt digital assistant, too (can't remember which model), but I didn't need a "siri" and ended up uninstalling.

Because capitalism.

True. But there are also libraries with some content that can be lent, and also the option that _cryptagion offered up.

Piracy is an option if they don't care about the laws in their country, but some people care for one reason or another. The conversation was initially about about the cost of disc vs the cost of ad-supported streaming, so I offered a used option.

Civil wars were fought over ethical issues that were illegal. Similarly fueled civil wars will be fought in the future.

Ah. Yes. Sorry. I missed that. I started with DVDs, since mine came with a reader. Haven't moved to blu-ray, yet, for the same reason.