Looked into mining, but then just did some faucets and eventually just bought some.
In my opinions faucets are quite a waste of time. If I am wrong and someone has a way to actually make some nice money with faucets, contact me

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Investing a few bucks into BTC and start short term trading or something makes you way more BTC in less time.
To be honest, I've tried a few faucets too at the very beginning of my 'bitcoin life'. However, that was only a few times (during a few days) until I received my first (dust) payment. Then I realized I was really wasting time.