# QuietAds

> Reduce video volume briefly when an ad starts by detecting sudden brightness or audio waveform changes.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/quietads](https://chrome-stats.com/d/quietads)

## Overview

- **ID:** `quietads`
- **Platform:** Firefox
- **Type:** Firefox add-on
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Omai
- **Category:** other
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2025-12-12
- **First published:** 2025-12-09
- **Size:** 12 KB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Firefox Add-ons Store](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/quietads/)

## Description

QuietAds – Reduce volume when video switches to ads: Detects sudden changes in brightness + audio waveform. Automatically reduces volume to ~30% for a few seconds of the ad. Simple, does not interfere with the content.

## Rankings

- #146,907 — Overall
- #166 — quizlet

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `activeTab`
- `storage`

### Content script matches

- `<all_urls>`

## Safety

- **Risk impact:** Moderate risk impact
- **Risk likelihood:** Moderate risk likelihood

### Analysis details

- Allows access to all websites, posing a significant security risk as it can monitor and modify data from any visited site.
- This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/quietads)