It's still mostly a bad copy of XRP so although overall "better" than bitcoin is does nothing better than the predecessor (XRP). In fact stellar was created because Jed McCaleb wanted to do a FB airdrops to push XRP but the rest of the team dint like this idea. Their though a giveaway for actually crypto interested people is enough and giving coins to people who don't understand it would not add any value. Quite obviously they where right. But Jeb started stellar and since day one airdrops the token wherever he can.

Disclaimer: I sold the XLM I got years ago for XRP. I didn't participate in the recent giveaways.