Probably because they need cliffhangers to get on there in the first place.

This, yep.

none is to blame

For all we know Netflix is telling them to have those cliffhangers. The writers/show runners don't have free reign.

I personally would love it if more shows were “limited series” like White Lotus. They proved you could tell a complete story and still come back for another season. If it would have been 1 and done I wouldn’t have cared at all.

sometimes the creators are told they will not be cancelled and leave a cliff hanger to keep viewers intrigued only to be lied to, see my name is earl.

Ultimately we don't know if it's the writer's or the Service's call to put in those cliffhangers, but one thing you can always bet on is that people will blame everything on the "suits' and treat the "creatives" like angels. It's just an easy narrative to circlejerk.

Farscape ended on a cliffhanger because the writers were told they were getting another season, only for the sci-fi channel to cancel them at the last minute.

Why do we blame anyone in the industry instead of the people who aren't watching the shows?

At least one showrunner, the Warrior Nun guy, said he had to argue for the final (post credit) scene because Netflix wanted him to end on the previous one, which would have left the show cancelled on a cliffhanger instead of an open ending.

So it's something Netflix still seems to be responsible for.

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Cliffhangers are fine is why. Very legitimate storytelling tool that can be misused but are not inherently bad.

I usually defend streaming services but I actually think they are mostly responsible for this.

They could make it explicit when they sign the deal that it's a limited/mini series. But they don't because they want hits that they can do 8 seasons of.

Mini series are the way, give you more time than a movie to flesh out a plot, but also gives you a beginning, middle and end. But neither the creative nor business side wants it, actors and writers want the stable work, business wants 100 episodes of hit content, not 10.

Cliffhangers make a show more likely to be renewed. Everyone wants to be renewed.

That's never well received. You can't just tell people that they have terrible taste in shows and they should stop watching so much of "x" and start watching more of "Y".

I mean it's half a joke, half the truth. You should know as a viewer that if you are watching an incredibly niche show like say, an alternative history show set in the industrial revolution that has fairies, a lot of people are not going to watch it.