If a trans-Pacific flight finds itself a few degrees of course, it has about 8 hours to correct for it.
If SS2 finds itself a few degrees off course (and such a thing is hardly unexpected given the nature of the trajectory, motor, wind variations etc), it has a few seconds at best to correct for it, then it’s outside of the sensible atmosphere and ballistic. From that point, they must wait until after re-entry to make adjustments - which is exactly what they did in this case.
Apples and footballs. Not reasonable to compare.