Lol $50,000 is nothing if you were around in the era of ICO. Airdrops were so rewarding, even the ones that were of meaningless tokens. I remember getting an airdrop of some random token and even forgot about selling off the coins, the token value would then go up to around $4k.
So yes, just like we saw faucets die out, airdrops will also become completely meaningless and a waste of time in the near future. In fact, most of them are already useless.
The era of airdrops may be coming to an end, but people are still doing some tasks for airdrops. This period is a period that gives a little more importance to the community. In the past years, there were shitcoins that sent airdrops without doing anything. This is an airdrop period where those who test the system are rewarded. I think telegram games will end soon.