Although it’s good they stood by their rules, elsewhere Reuters points out
> S&P Global said it would modify entry rules for its broader S&P Total Market Index and Dow Jones U.S. Total Stock Market Index, creating a pathway for SpaceX to join those less widely followed indexes.
So not really as principled as it seems
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/sp-global-keeps-fas...
Funny enough, I'd say that is exactly the place where tristanj's crusade actually makes sense, because those indexes are supposed to track the total market