Surely Guardian readers know that Musk himself didn't personally implant a chip into anyone. That really does sound like a pedantic point driven by a (completely valid) dislike of the man.

If someone wrote the same article about Tim Cook with the same title would it have warranted a similar rebuttal?

P.S. not an Elon Fan, don't think he is some real life Tony Stark and actually think he is in a position right now to do some real harm.