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It's not one or the other. I buy a ton of books and I review nearly everything I read. I don't buy books "to review them", and I don't request books from NetGalley that I wouldn't be likely to buy when it comes out anyway.
On the other hand, books are expensive. Publishers are happy to send them to me for free, and don't particularly care how (or even if) I review them. I'm not going to say no to that.
Especially if they are going to skip Netgalley and just directly send me book 4 of a series I'm reading (that I totally would have bought anyway - when it came out in 6 months time), and they stick debut book by a new-but-similar author in the box in hopes I might like it. And then stick a couple more books in there because the box isn't overweight yet and if you're going to send a box of books to Sweden, may as well fill it.
But again: I don't read books to review them. I review books I read, and I don't particularly care if I got them from the library, a store, or I came home to a surprise box on my doorstep.
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