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It does grant them GDPR rights. If you offer service to people in the EU, you have to comply with the GDPR. If you don't, you don't have to.

How and will that be enforced is a different discussion, but the regulation clearly protects people in the EU regardless of where the website owner is located.

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An unenforceable right is a nonexistant right.

GDPR is business regulations, phrased as human rights, and makes the most sense if understood as business regulations. I understand that some might choose to hold different opinions about any or all of this.

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