- People trying to suck a living out of faucets is why they don't pay out. Faucets used to pay out full Bitcoins. Compare that to now.
- Signature campaigns are why forums fill up with redundant and useless posts. Paid sigs in a pool of paid sigs will go the same direction as faucets.
Get a job, create a job, start a business, or do something that someone else will pay you for.. Anything you've found on the Internet about getting
BTC for practically nothing is dated 2010-2013, is a scam, or is a complete waste of time...
I don't agree with your comment on faucets. The reason faucets paid out more a few years back is because the pay rate is pegged/linked to the value of BTC in USD (or local fiat). As the price of BTC increases the faucet payouts go down. The fiat-based payout has remained constant. So in those terms faucets have always paid dust and the volume of actual users probably hasn't gone up any more than general awareness of bitcoin has.
I agree with your main point though. The most money one can earn in a week is based on whatever service or skill they can provide someone...they can buy bitcoin with their fiat, which is much easier to earn!