It may not have to be Bitcoin earnings alone, but any little fragments of crypto as rewards.

Faucet are not in extinction, just that people no longer have interest in going after them as before, being that it's a little reward that comes along with hunting after it, this also make it more suitable for the newbies to be the ones that seek after going for faucets, but you will hardly see an experienced user on this, to some it's nothing than a waste of time.