In my experience, a standup bot in a Teams/Slack channel can often replace those. If there's a blocker or nuanced issue that would benefit from in-person discus

In my experience, a standup bot in a Teams/Slack channel can often replace those. If there's a blocker or nuanced issue that would benefit from in-person discussion, then hopping on a call makes total sense. In contrast, having a meeting by default makes no sense to me.