BGP next-hop self benefits

Hello everyone, Question, what are the true benefits to using the next-hop self feature, doesn't matter what vendor. Most information I see is just to make sure you have reach-ability for external routes via IBGP, but what if all your IBGP knows the eBGP links? Is there a added benefit to using next hop self in this situation? Any feedback is much appreciated, either for the question specifically or whatever else you got 😊, L3VPN's or underlying technology that has to have that. Thanks