Yes. Getting Bitcoin will only get more difficult because of the price, and adoption, over time.  However, if Gavin and others like him did not do what they did, Bitcoin would probably not be where it is now. That is now part of Bitcoin history. 

But imagine if you were part of that early history and you actually used Gavins faucet to get some free Bitcoin, do you think you would actually keep it to this day?  The honest answer for most people is probably no. You probably wouldn't have seen it as a future goldmine. More likely, you would have: spent it, lostit or completely forgotten about it.