If that's what you're doing then you're not using that opportunity correctly. It's a very quick coordination between members of a team to align among one another, share important information (including managing expectations) and ask for help. It's for members of the team, and if the team don't feel it's adding value, raise it in the retrospective and decide whether to iterate or kill it. If you're using it well it cuts out other waste/interrupts.
That's ridiculous. If I need help,I don't need to wait 24 hours for a standup. I'll just go ask right away
100% - it's an absurd reason for the existence of standups
I didn't say it was reason for a daily meeting. If you don't find you need them, don't do them. Just agree with your team they are unnecessary. The teams I have worked with have always found it helpful to be able to adjust their plans with the whole team in situ (e.g. I need someone to help me with X; ok, I can help if someone else could do Y; cool, if Z can work with me, I think we could do Y. If we do this, we should tell A that B won't be done this week.)