The advantage to not running it yourself is if you trust a different government more then you're own. Maybe there isn't an advantage to using protonmail in the

The advantage to not running it yourself is if you trust a different government more then you're own. Maybe there isn't an advantage to using protonmail in the US because you trust the government won't simply come and take your server away. But if you were in a place like Thailand you may not have that same trust.