This statement was actually a quote from someone in a Telegram group. Apparently some tokens promise to pay you crypto as a reward for doing stuff, like watching videos or ads. Sounds great, right? However, sometimes it also involves you downloading an app/program, which could give you malware and steal your cryptos!
Do you think crypto faucets are a great way to get free tokens or is it a total scam?
I totally forget faucet claiming because its not worth the effort. I'm sure that as a beginner, you will really find it attractive, but as you gain experienced a long the way, you will also abandoned it because it will take you a lot of time just to get the minimum amounts of withdrawal.
But it looks like scammers have also exploited this system as you have pointed it. That's why everyone should really stay away with faucets because of this incident. So to answer you, its not a good way to get free tokens. Just joined bounties and you will get more than spending all the time claiming faucets for tokens.