[RHSeeger]

> This was a mutually beneficial arrangement

Admittedly, in much the same way that robbing someone at gunpoint is a mutually beneficial arrangement; because it's better for them than you just killing them and taking their money.

[mekster]

Assaulting someone and calling it mutually beneficial to keep it as a fond memory feels quite broken.

[MonkeyClub]

Yet this was precisely the business model of high seas piracy, and very much still is, so they successfully applied the model.

Ok, I get your point too, I just want to emphasize that what the OP did was essentially similar to casino side betting, going beyond the predicted actions in the world, by adding a layer of “entrepreneurial” spirit.