Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Purchase Period

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Share Price, After Discount

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Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-Based Payment Award, Share Price, Discount

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Amount of expense for award under share-based payment arrangement. Excludes amount capitalized.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Number of shares authorized for issuance under share-based payment arrangement.

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The difference between the maximum number of shares (or other type of equity) authorized for issuance under the plan (including the effects of amendments and adjustments), and the sum of: 1) the number of shares (or other type of equity) already issued upon exercise of options or other equity-based awards under the plan; and 2) shares (or other type of equity) reserved for issuance on granting of outstanding awards, net of cancellations and forfeitures, if applicable.

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Number of shares issued under share-based payment arrangement.

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Purchase price of common stock expressed as a percentage of its fair value.

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Equity-Based Compensation - Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
ESPP, equity-based compensation expense (less than)		$ 69	$ 39	$ 25
ESPP \| Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
ESPP, equity-based compensation expense (less than)		$ 1	$ 1
ESPP \| Employee Stock Purchase Plan \| Class A
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
ESPP, purchase period	6 months
ESPP, purchase price of common stock, percent of fair market value	90.00%
ESPP, maximum number of shares authorized (in shares)	500,000
ESPP, number of shares issued (in shares)		86,352	2,494
ESPP, number of shares remain available for future issuance (in shares)		411,154
ESPP, per share price of shares purchased after discount (in dollars per share)		$ 208.61
ESPP, per share price of shares purchased, discount (in dollars per share)		$ 23.18