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Most of the flexing happens in the seat stays, not the seat tube... when paired with the kingpin pivot, it works pretty well. It's no suspension by any means, but definitely helps improve dampening over rough terrain.
The video you posted is probably relevant to normal dropped stay road bikes for sure, but in this context is like comparing apples to oranges.
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I wouldn't say completely different. It's just a dropped stay with a pivot rather than a weld or other stationary joint.
I think the claimed 30mm of rear deflection will be a product of tube shape and layup/wall thicknesses etc rather than a single pivot which is essentially still a fixed point on the seat tube
Edit: I do have no idea what I'm talking about. But everyone's an expert on the internet :)