If they don’t benefit in some way why do they review?
Edit: - sorry, I missed the sense of duty. Thanks for pointing it out below. - added don’t
Edit: - sorry, I missed the sense of duty. Thanks for pointing it out below. - added don’t
And again, I can't fault them for that.
(I assume you meant to say "don't benefit"?)
Until the appearance of the notion of open peer-review, the reviews were not public and thrown away by the editor after the publishing decision.
Concerning the sense of duty, nobody stops anybody to review a work and post it somewhere publicly accessible. However, that's rare to see.