Is the Laos e-Visa worth the extra cost compared to border/airport pricing?

Following Garrett Greenwald comment on another post regarding the new Laos e-Visa i went though the steps till the last page outta curiosity.

$46.58

And its 30 dollars (depends on nationality but oscillates between 30-35) at the border/airport.

Not trying to be cheap, complain or anything.

For someone with a few pages left on the passport it might be very well worth the extra 16 dollars.

Or someone who doesnt mind the 16 dollars and doesnt wanna fill forms on arrival, queue that long (the e-Visa lane at the airport is always empty)

It did caught my attention cuz Cambodian e-Visa is 6 dollars more (which many end up paying just as much in brives at the border).

Seems reasonable to pay a bit more for the platform, the convenience, plus the credit card processing fees they have to pay, etc.

But 50%... mmm...