DPI looks inside the packet data. If a proxy is just forwarding TPB data, DPI recognizes the pattern and throttles or blocks the connection. This means "transparent proxies" are dying. The only proxies that work in late 2019 are "obfuscating proxies" that scramble the traffic to look like Google Maps traffic. If you are still searching for "Pirate Bay proxy list 2019" on Reddit, you are playing whack-a-mole. By the time you click the third link, the first two will be dead.
Rightsholders have wised up. Instead of just suing The Pirate Bay itself, they are now aggressively targeting proxy services under copyright law (specifically the Copyright Directive in the EU). Over the last six months, we have seen massive "proxy busts" where domains like thepiratebay.rocks or piratebay.live get seized and redirected to anti-piracy notices within 48 hours of launching. pirate bays proxy 2019
If a proxy asks you to "disable adblock" and then pops up a dozen fake "Download" buttons, close the tab immediately. Proxies are dying, but three methods are thriving this year: DPI looks inside the packet data
A standard proxy list is obsolete by the time you finish reading it. Official vs. Unofficial: The Trust Issue There is no such thing as an "Official Pirate Bay Proxy." The only proxies that work in late 2019