I'd go that far.
Dobby doesn't exactly make the most informed decisions either. "If I jinx this Bludger to knock Harry off his broom several hundred feet in the air, surely he'll return to Privet Drive (in a body bag)!"
I just find Winky more interesting the more I think about her even though she conforms more tightly to the House Elf standard. She's just such a pitiful character who often goes overlooked.
Dobby otoh gets plenty of love for doing very few things to stand out outside of Book 2. There's that time he reveals the Room of Requirement, the time Harry sends him to tail someone (which Kreacher could've handled), and the scene just prior to his death, admittedly a good scene but it's just not enough for me.
I was hoping Hermione's SPEW efforts wouldn't go largely wasted for the most part, and that the Free Elf would lead some sort of glorious revolution alongside his brethren since he was so markedly different from the rest, but it never came. I think some House Elves assisted in the Battle of Hogwarts, but if I'm not mistaken that whole SPEW subplot went pretty much nowhere. The only Elf that underwent a noticeable change was Kreacher.
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