What's stopping PMs to remind people on slack to update their tickets? In my previous job we had a task blocked in our calendar every Tuesday 10AM to 12 PM just for updating Jira and Gitlab tickets.
Having people gather in circles physically or jumping on calls every single day just for this bullshit that can be done async is absolutely insane.
There are plenty of things you can try, some of which might even work better for some teams, and worse for others. The point is not that you can't do without a standup, but that whether or not you individually perceive the standup as a benefit isn't necessarily relevant. The relevant question is really whether or not the standup is the least disruptive tool to ensure your team keeps everything up to date. As I said in my original comment: The more disciplined a team is, the less you need that ceremony.
To answer your question, no, the daily stand-up is not the least disruptive tool. There's much better alternatives that can be tried and tailored to each team but nobody does because the stand-up is so entrenched in the industry nobody bothers.
I've tried many, over 25+ years of managing teams, and for some teams there are better alternatives, for some the stand-up works best. I absolutely agree with trying and tailoring options, and I have and I have ended up both with and without daily standups as a direct consequence of testing what works for a given team.
Having people gather in circles physically or jumping on calls every single day just for this bullshit that can be done async is absolutely insane.