Goold old times I think a huge chunk of us have started our adventure with crypto by claiming faucets and giveaways. I know I have. My very first posts on this forum were in giveaway threads, some for altcoins that are long dead.
To me it wasn't even about getting "money" for free as much as it was about the novelty of experiencing something new and exciting. It was really fun to see the first sats coming into your wallet.

There are still some faucets around, the biggest one is freebitco.in, operating uninterrupted since 2013. Of course, due to transaction fees, they don't send it straight to user wallets.