Both the faucet and gambling side, pay very little these days. This site was one of the best, but are below average these days. Look like they just holding on to survive from day to day. ^hmmmmm^
It's still the same mate because bitcoin price is way higher today.
Back when freebitco have a hourly rewards ranging from 500 to 1,000 satoshis, the price of bitcoin that time is around $200-$300. Now the lowest tier (in my area) is 200+ satoshis followed by 2,000 satoshis with the highest tier of BTC0.2. And if you convert it with the current price of bitcoin, still no change and equally the same back then if you do the math.
Valid point, and I know they adapt the payout for the faucet based on the Bitcoin price, but it is still lower than most faucets out there. < That said, these other faucets, do not last long > The thing is, faucet users are not bothered with the liquidity and long-levity of these faucets, but rather how much they can get from them. So they jump between the high paying faucets, until they close down. < There are many to choose from these days >
So Freebitco.in might offer multiple features, but as a faucet it fails miserably in being competitive in regards to the payouts. < Yes, they will last longer, but the faucet users do not worry about that >
A "faucet only" site is built on Ads and loads of users accessing that site regularly. Why would people return to Freebitco.in, if the payouts are this small? < Freebitco.in is now a gambling site, with a faucet >