Lichess cannot force anyone to give up

When playing a 5+3 blitz, it was less than 10 seconds for me and 46 seconds for my opponent. I was trying to see if there was a possibility of defending myself from an imminent mate and my time was up. I then received the following warning: Warning, SilvioHoffmann. Letting time run out instead of resigning will result in a temporary ban. I find this warning absurd and disrespectful. Even if the time were longer, the time is mine and I do with it what I want unless a rule contrary to this condition is established and everyone is informed about this new deliberation which, even so, violates individual freedoms.

@SilvioHoffmann The lichess system is not perfect. That is designed for people who intentionally let time run out when losing.
It just happened to sense you letting time run out on accident and sent that message. It is not intended as a personal insult.
Unfortunately, if you choose to take it that way, there is nothing lichess can do. But hopefully you understand now. :)
Cheers
ChessMathNerd

there are a whole $#!tload of sore losers

If you spent too long on a move it will. There's no way to perfect the system.

Warning, SilvioHoffmann. Finding this warning absurd is disrespectful.

Thanks for the answer, but that doesn't mean Lichess can punish someone for not giving up. Saying that a system is not perfect is not the best way to justify something that was intentionally set to do so. Lichess is not a human being to sense anything. It is programmed by human beings to act in a certain way. It is not up to the Lichess to assess the chess players' intentions, however bad they may be. So it is disrespectful yes to punish someone for less than 10 seconds or even more just because they have not found a way to prevent possible abuse, which they are not able to identify. A more elegant solution would be to establish a time limit for a number of moves, proportional to the duration of the matches and preferably for classic matches, where this restriction would make more sense. Less than 10 s in a blitz is unjustifiable.

@SilvioHoffmann Rest in peace you won't get banned for something like what you did. That is designed for tryhard timeburners who leave every game that they are losing.

"violates individual freedoms"?
As someone who has mastered both the art of half-sardonically accusing others of violating my freedoms and the art of critiquing acusations of anti-liberty policies, I feel the need to ask: what the heck are you talking about? Lichess is providing a service to you, one that it provides to every other user. You have the option to utilize that service under their terms, or to refrain from doing so. As you have chosen the former route, you must abide by the rules of the site.
If lichess said that you can only play on this site if you are currently wearing a clown wig and the only beverage permitted for consumption whilst using lichess services was Tab cola, they'd still not be violating your rights.

Thanks again for the answer. I understand, and I think it's legitimate, Lichess' concern to avoid cheaters and timeburners as you yourself mentioned. However, the situation foreshadowed checkmate with 10 seconds to go and I was reprimanded for deliberately allowing time to run out. Which wasn't true. And even if it were, under no circumstances would Lichess be threatening me with punishment for not giving up. You have to define other mechanisms and other ways to deal with this issue. Freedom of choice is not subject to the rules of chess or the scope of mathematics. This is the point. My best regards to you and the Lichess team. I hope you understand.
Long live chess!
Cheers
SilvioHoffmann

@clousems I am not being sarcastic. I'm being direct. It would be sarcastic if I said that Lichess would require me to wear a clown wig and consume Tab Cola in order to play. Chess is older than Lichess and provided the substrate for Lichess to exist. We, chess lovers, also contribute to this by participating in this platform. And for that we are grateful. But if I arrange a one-hour match with an opponent and he leaves me waiting for 59 minutes for his move, I can be furious, I can imagine a thousand illegitimate reasons for his attitude, but he didn't break any rules. and I will never be able to judge the real reasons that led him to act like that. Either you define a rule and inform everyone about it, punishing him for having violated that rule, maybe even with bans and bigger rating losses, or you can't punish him. And, never, under any circumstances, can we punish him for not giving up. We are no longer talking about chess rules, but human relationships, which are far above them.