Dramatic series been using cliffhangers forever . This isn't some new thing that TWD started
Yeah, and they typically have good build ups and don't use mid-season cliffhangers during that same season.
This finale was so obvious from the jump, they just drove around for 45 mins wasting time until you get to see Negan, then they burn another 10 minutes. Everything about it was done to set up next season, the source material this was an iconic moment, now these morons with their poor information protection will have the reveal spoiled.
People knew there was a cliffhanger coming for more than a week now, we'll know who was killed by the middle of summer when it leaks because AMC cannot kep anything secret