Gawd n Bennett! It's started already with Octopus Energy! Despite having a smart meter that can be read remotely I always send them my Gas & Electric meter readings on the first of every month through my online account, A few days behind sending them today but the last gas/electric meter readings I sent them on the 1-4-22 bear no resemblance to the ones they have in my 'Last Meter readings' section on my account
I record all the meter readings in a book but from now on I'll take pictures too.