Screenshot from Twitter:
Sam Altman @sama:
This is a remarkable claim given what I have heard alleged that Elon does to
manipulate X to benefit himself and his own companies and harm his
competitors and people he doesn't like.
Quoted tweet by Elon Musk @elonmusk:
Apple is behaving in a manner that makes it impossible for any Al
company besides OpenAl to reach #1 in the App Store, which is an
unequivocal antitrust violation.
xAl will take immediate legal action.
Community note for Musk's tweet:
Readers added context
In January 2025, DeepSeek reached #1 overall on the App Store.
abcnews.go.com/Business/deeps...
Just one month ago, on July 18, 2025, Perplexity also reached #1 overall
in India’s App Store.
hindustantimes.com/technology/air...
Both of these occurred after the OpenAI-Apple partnership announced
on June 10, 2024.
openai.com/index/openai-a...
Reply by Elon Musk @elonmusk:
You got 3M views on your bullshit post, you liar, far more than I’ve received
on many of mine, despite me having 50 times your follower count!
Reply by Sam Altman @sama:
will you sign an affidavit that you have never directed changes to the X
algorithm in a way that has hurt hourt your competitors or helped your own
(cut off)