[release-12.0.3] docs(alerting): clarify usage of different Alertmanagers and fix misleading details (#107542)

docs(alerting): clarify usage of different Alertmanagers and fix misleading details (#107498)

* docs(alerting): clarify usage of different Alertmanagers and fix misleading details

* address review changes

(cherry picked from commit 61efc8b609)

Co-authored-by: Pepe Cano <825430+ppcano@users.noreply.github.com>
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@@ -60,8 +60,6 @@ Grafana can be configured to handle alert notifications using various Alertmanag
The Cloud Alertmanager is available exclusively in Grafana Cloud and can handle both Grafana-managed and data source-managed alerts.
Some Grafana Cloud services, such as **Kubernetes Monitoring** and **Synthetic Monitoring** use the Cloud Alertmanager to create and manage alerts.
- **Other Alertmanagers**: Grafana Alerting also supports sending alerts to other Alertmanagers, such as the [Prometheus Alertmanager](https://prometheus.io/docs/alerting/latest/alertmanager/), which can handle both Grafana-managed and data source-managed alerts.
Grafana Alerting supports using a combination of Alertmanagers and can [enable other Alertmanagers to receive Grafana-managed alerts](#enable-an-alertmanager-to-receive-grafana-managed-alerts). The decision often depends on your alerting setup and where your alerts are generated.