I don't understand why you people think that you can merely gain crypto without doing anything. Even miners are doing hard work to get their coins.
It is probably remnants from the old days when some early adopters shared bitcoin for free to spread the word. It started with faucets and eventually evolved into various learn-to-earn crypto programs.
As I see it, the only thing you can do to get more crypto is to work for it. The reason the coin is worth anything is because of the work that was put into it.
Cryptocurrency works just like real-world fiat currency. You work for it, you buy it with your labor, you trade it for other goods and services, and so forth. You can only get more of it by earning more of it.