Airdrop I must say it's a crazy, risky way to earn money in this crypto space. It's risky, and most times it's the easiest way to earn what others call free money, but it's actually not free.
I have joined Binance Launchpad a few times, but I was very disappointed with the reward I got from there. It was almost to me as if it's not worth it, but looking at it from the other way around, I lose nothing other than stake my BnB and Busd back when it was still available on Binance.
What I do this period is monitor and follow up on new projects that conduct launch pools on Binance. If I'm lucky enough, I get to buy a few seconds after listing and wait for the price to pump so that I can sell and take home some profit. I've done that on a few projects, and it works for me.
As long as you aren't losing money from what yiu are doing then it would be fine. Airdrops are profitable even at this point. In most instances tasks will just be done in order to get a slot but yes there are some airdrops which will require you to invest an amount of money but so far I haven't had any issues yet. Indeed there are airdrops which weren't that much profitable but that's just how it goes. You have to join multiple airdrops to tackle ones which are highly paying. But if you are after direct profit then go with investments already however, higher risk will be involved.
Airdrops? Yes, it is one way that one can earn from crypto, but this time around, it is so difficult to know a legit airdrop that can be profitable because of too many scams in the crypto space. If you are looking at earning good altcoins through airdrops, you may luckily see them, but they are rare.I know I have made some profits from airdrops in the past, but things have changed drastically; it is not as before again.
I have participated in crypto staking as well, but no good profit was realized while I still ended up putting my asset at risk.
I am earning from crypto now through trading and also investing and holding for a long time.
We just have to find the right ones on our way. But I agree that investing and doing short trades are more profitable. Most of the time, those airdrops turning out to be scam are those which only requires task wherein you will help them promote their project but will end up gaining nothing. On my end, I tend to check only on big projects to avoid wasting my time. You can also check on communities outside this forum, to know which projects would be worth engaging.