Having OpenID doesn't seem like a right you can demand. Idk. If you want to, choose a service that provides that. You're right that there's a network effect, but it's a network effect that's been freely given by consumers.
I'm not a pro-Uber shill. I'm kind of hoping that their self-driving car play fails, and that the market corrects itself. (i.e. Uber bankrupts!)
What do you mean corporate protectionism? Corporations don't have the power to pass laws and force people to do things against their will. Those powers only reside in the government. I'm absolutely anti-cronyism and anti-lobbying. I think the best situation we could be in would be one where the government does not have power to meddle in the market, because we would not even have to worry about special interests getting into politician's pockets, because politicians would have no special favors to give in return.
In the end though car transportation will probably be as profitable of a business as airplane transportation - that is not much. The idea that strapping an app and bending regulations will allow Uber to make more money than its competitors seems like a fantasy to me - the price of entry being low enough and regulations being the same for all, Uber Will be the United Airlines of 2070.
The idea that Uber has any right to the data I've put into it is ludicrous as well to me - if I produce data I should have a right to it, and in a fully interchangable manner. anything else is an engineer's defense to monopoly by database, which I increasingly feel like should be illegal.
You're right that protectionism stops innovation, but innovation is not always directly linked to wealth creation, and protectionism comes in many forms, including corporate protectionism.