Whenever there's a need, there's gonna be someone that fullfills that need.

Piracy decreased because the alternative became more convenient. It's easier to pay a few bucks on a monthly basis than it is to download the torrents. But, as those fees are increasing alongside the number of services that you need to pay for, piracy is bound to fill in the gaps. It's illegal, but the less people could afford the alternative, the more difficult it is going to be to stop piracy. A domain or two could be shut down, but if TPB is of any use now, it's to remind us that it's not easy to stop a highly-motivated group of people. I'd argue that The Web is still hectic enough to accommodate such a group of individuals.

> I assume it will get deplatformed

Piracy was significantly reduced by Spotify and Netflix because it was more cost and effort-effective to just pay a monthly subscription to get most if not all content you need.

And then copyright holders decided it wasn't good enough and crippled Netflix without providing any alternatives (as always). Watch them blame pirates again in the nearest future.

I don’t think this matters. There are so many pirates they literally cannot all be caught, and there will always be a technical way.

depends on your region if it's illegal or not.