When BTC started, nobody had any and it was worthless, so it was right to give away thousands of BTC to make it popular. All that has changed. Now that BTC's worth something, now that companies are building on BTC, now that serious business transactions are made with bitcoin, it's about time for faucets to adapt.
BTC is real. It's money, and you've got to work to earn some. I hope all faucets will disappear in 2015. Faucets are hurting bitcoin by making some people believing you can get it while doing nothing sitting in your home. No, BTC isn't like that, and it shouldn't be any easier to get than any fiat currency. Even for small amounts.
i think faucet gives the idea of btc for new comers, sure btc is hard to earn, but having a little of
it given to you by faucets gives some motivation to earn btc. so for me faucet isnt that bad for btc
for some they may think btc is easy to earn but for me it is a motivation starter.