Not really.

Nothing prevents host from configuring a static link-local address, like fe80::1234. Not only that, some networks choose to have some standard link local address as a default gateway. For example, a router or a L3 switch can have fe80::1 on its downstream interfaces. This way, all hosts on all networks have fe80::1 as the default gateway and the router will have fe80::1 address on multiple interfaces.

Furthermore, you can (and some say, should) use link local addresses on transit links between your network devices, eg, between layers of switches in a hyperscale-sized data center network. Typically, the addresses will be deterministically configured, for example, consider

-(e1.0)[switch1](e1.1)—--(e2.48)[switch2](e2.25)-(eth0)[server1]

We have server1 connected to top-of-rack switch2 connected to aggregator switch1. Link between switch1 and switch2 is point-to-point transit. You can use exclusively link local addresses there. There are a few approaches:

- e2.48 gets fe80::2, e1.1 gets fe80::1 - all upstream ports are always fe80::2 in all network, all downstream ports are always fe80::1. A good thing is that link configuration is the same on all switches regardless of the Clos layer.

- switch1 serial number is 1001, switch2 serial number is 2002. Then, e2.48 gets fe80::2002, e1.1 gets fe80::1001. This way, all interfaces on a switch N have address fe80::N

You then can set up BGP session between the link local addresses and it either will always be either fe80::1 <-> fe80::2 or fe80::N <-> fe80::M. Switches also have a loopback address for ping, and other ICMP traffic. Either has advantages and disadvantages.

This is discussed in more details in RFC 6164, and a more high level overview is provided in RFC 7404.