There were faucets in the early days that were giving much higher amounts, I think Gavin Andersen had a faucet that was giving 5 Bitcoins, and someone made a bot to spam it. I personally claimed 0.005 BTC from a faucet once, this was in 2012, but unfortunately for me I brushed it off and later lost these coins by depositing them to exchange which later did an exit scam. IMO faucets were never worth the time you spend on them, instead of claiming 0.005 BTC 100 times you could have just bot a few dozens of Bitcoin with your pocket money.
I completely agree to that however It's crazy looking at the past that some clicks per day could have got you millions if you kept doing it for a month or so. 
