I would advise staying away from faucets as they're a waste of time. You'd be better using that time trying to earn regular money then buying bitcoins with it. I'd also avoid cloud mining as well. You can make a little from it but it takes time and many sites are scams. You sound like you got there in the end with bitcoin so well done.
Bitcoin death is something common media predict since the first boom when btc reached $1 or even before maybe... The large community/user base wouldn't allow this by that time and now 100x bigger it still won't... If it is as you say, faucets will be no help for you, signature campaings may give you something more valuable to see how things work, but to get real in this you should either buy btc with fiat (maybe a miner if you have cheap eletricity) and if you ever consider investing on clound mining be sure that there is always some risk they may run away with everything (ponzi), this post may give you a clue "
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=878387.0". There are much safer ones like hashnest (from biggest asic miners provider) that are very not likely to disapear with your money..
I have already ruled out faucets as wasted of time and possibly waste on investment too. I cant judge any of course but i am sure its not my thinking of investment/earn profit.
Signature campaigns is not my style and even not my account and experience permits it.
Also i could buy some THS on a cloud mining site but not sure which one since many opinions are different with many accusations from members.
Till now i havent found a mining service thats widely accepted as legit and not scam or ponzi, that i can make ROI, except hashnest.
Already opened an account there to buy some ths but not sure yet cause i need to do more digging.
I am more into exchanging btc for fiat or other altcoins but i have the same problem.
There are many exchanges and trying to find the best for me about prices, volume, fees ans deposit/withdrawal time.
Also want to find out if i can buy btc on X exchange and sell higher on another one, moving my coins or fiat with safety.