Tesla CEO and X (Twitter) owner Elon Musk blasted Microsoft over the weekend. He bought a new Windows 11 laptop and was furious thinking the only way to access the system was to create a Microsoft Account (MSA), which in turn would give Microsoft's artificial intelligence access to his data.
However, this isn't entirely true, as many users were quick to point out in their replies. The post even got a response from "Community Notes," a feature Musk himself launched to reduce the spread of fake news on the platform.
Some users turned to a creative way to mock Musk's post. Textio CEO Jensen Harris was one of them, quipping the billionaire with a familiar line: "Just bought a new Tesla and it won't let me use it unless I create a Tesla account, which also means giving their AI access to my car! What a mess."
Harris is right. Interestingly, even non-Tesla electric car drivers are required by Musk’s car company to have a Tesla account whenever they want to charge their cars at a Supercharger station, because one must apply for a Tesla account before paying for an electric car?
Soon, the comments below the post were full of sarcasm. Harris' joke was simple and funny enough to elicit more responses in the same tone, like "I bought an iPhone but I can't use it until I create an AppleID," or "I just installed X and it won't let me use it unless I create an
One might guess that after such a negative experience, Musk would look twice at his content the next time he decided to publicly attack a major tech company. However, Musk decided to refute the "community explanation" error, and was labeled again, with detailed information proving him wrong.