> Is it possible you have some very specific requirements that no one else does?

No. Recording meetings may be a form of procrastination for you, but recordings can be valuable for a bunch of reasons. Tools like Otter and Gong make it trivial to transcribe and scan meetings, and to jump to associated audio if need be.

> They just pay attention and take notes the first time through.

Some of us are running those meetings, are focused on the conversation instead of note-taking, and don't have extra staff for note-taking.