And I agree it is, especially when you see how Pod 042 and 153 banter on and start to evolve and gain their own will. Could almost say considering how they did that since Route B, it's probably canon in the end since they intervened. But I guess I echo 9S, and many others, that in the end, everything was meaningless.
Dunno, if 9S, 2B, and A2 get to live normally for awhile, I think that's meaningful enough in my book.