The problem is that most faucets will not let you withdraw until you reach 0.001, which can take over a week of viewing ads, clicking around and wasting lots of time in general.
Very true!
This is my point. I haven't said that faucets give very little money. I said faucets give users a bad experience, and that they're bad for image.
You may also note that all the original faucets are gone. I believe the original faucet, the one managed by Gavin Andresen shut down in Summer 2013.
Not really as I use 3 faucets as of now which are moonbit, freebitco and alien faucet which pay pretty well and you can reach their minimum payout faster than other faucets. The original faucets used ot pay barely 0.00001 BTC and they used to send mostly to blockchain wallet where the fee charged is high.