Netflix has introduced a new type of extra member account: extra members with ads. The streamer announced the new offering in a shareholder letter on Tuesday before its fourth-quarter earnings call.

Netflix is about to cave in when it comes to ad. The company's CEO Reed Hastings, a long-time opponent of ad-supported content on Netflix, said he is willing to reconsider his stance.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Not long after Netflix launched its ad-supported tier last fall, reports suggested that ...