[dobin]

This, and the other examples, reek of lacking knowledge by the users.

Tall building are expensive. The taller, the more available floor space to rent. The taller, the more elevators you need. More elevators mean less floor space. People need to move between floors.

Buttons outside means that an algorithm can dispatch elevators most efficiently, combining people who want to go to the same floors, or follow up floors. So the throughput of people thru the building is maximized.

Its tyranny of capitalism. Or the tyranny of efficiency.