There’s good and bad spite. Good spite is something like, “They call me mad! But I was right all along. Muahahaha!” and feeling proud and happy that you made the right choice despite opposition from others. Bad spite is something like, “I was right and they were wrong, and now they’re suffering for their mistakes. Serves them right”. One is accomplishment, the other is schadenfreude.
There’s good and bad spite. Good spite is something like, “They call me mad! But I was right all along. Muahahaha!” and feeling proud and happy that you made the right choice despite opposition from others. Bad spite is something like, “I was right and they were wrong, and now they’re suffering for their mistakes. Serves them right”. One is accomplishment, the other is schadenfreude.