Yes I think it's useful to let go of the idea of the prototype altogether, and think of the app as a set of "n" modular apps/services that will be swapped out/improved later over time.

I thoroughly hated our video player but an MVP of it had to be built for the rest of the app (AI video editor) to even make sense.

And that hated video player ended up being part of the product for 18+ months (I was hoping for <6) because there were much more valuable parts of the app to improve.