A malicious adware media player - not related to Tampermonkey - installed Tampermonkey on your device to do bad stuff. And they could have done the same with any other userscript extension, like the suggested Violentmonkey.
The wiki section even states:
This does not mean that Tampermonkey is malicious, but rather that a malicious program is utilizing a legitimate program for bad behavior
It’s fine to advocate and promote open source software, but why do that with lies and slander?
Did you actually read the “controversy” section?
A malicious adware media player - not related to Tampermonkey - installed Tampermonkey on your device to do bad stuff. And they could have done the same with any other userscript extension, like the suggested Violentmonkey. The wiki section even states:
It’s fine to advocate and promote open source software, but why do that with lies and slander?