Every app on your phone wants to send you notifications. Every newsletter wants to land in your inbox. Every platform wants to tell you what to read and when to read it.
anyfeeds takes the opposite approach. We call it pull, not push.
What push looks like
Push-based content delivery means someone else controls when you engage:
- A newsletter arrives at 8am whether you're ready to read or not
- A push notification interrupts your deep work with "trending now"
- An algorithm surfaces content designed to hook you, not inform you
- Unread counts create anxiety and guilt
The result is constant low-grade information overload. Not because there's too much good content — but because the delivery mechanism treats your attention as something to capture rather than something to respect.
What pull looks like
Pull-based delivery means you're in control:
- Your reading list exists quietly until you choose to open it
- New content appears at the top, but nothing buzzes or pings
- You decide how much to read and when to stop
- There's no unread count shaming you into catching up
This is how RSS has always worked. It's also how we've designed anyfeeds.
How this shapes the product
No push notifications. We will never send you a notification that new content is available. You'll check when you're ready.
No email digests. We won't summarise your feeds and push them into your inbox. Your inbox has enough to deal with.
Adaptive, not aggressive, polling. We check feeds based on how often they actually publish. A daily blog gets checked daily. A monthly newsletter gets checked less often. This keeps your feed fresh without any urgency.
Calm interface. No red badges, no unread counts, no "you missed 47 articles" guilt trips. Open your feed, read what interests you, close it when you're done.
The deeper principle
We believe the best relationship with content is intentional. You should seek out writing that matters to you, sit down when you have time to actually absorb it, and walk away feeling smarter — not overwhelmed.
That's a pull-based experience. And it's what anyfeeds is built for.