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Accounting Policies and Practices - Additional Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | 3 Months Ended | 6 Months Ended | 9 Months Ended |  |
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Sep. 30, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2020 | Jun. 30, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2021 | Sep. 30, 2020 | Jul. 01, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020
Accounting Policies And Practices [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 769 |  |  | $ 769 |  |  | $ 506
Allowance for expected credit losses | 4 |  |  | $ 4 |  | $ 0 | $ 15
Foreign exchange gains (losses) | $ 1 | $ (3) | $ (9) |  | $ 2 |  |
Business combination tax receivable agreement percentage of benefit deemed to realize |  |  |  | 85.00% |  |  |
Minimum percentage of unrecognized tax benefit likely to be realized |  |  |  | 50.00% |  |  |
ASU 2020-04 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounting Policies And Practices [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adopted [true false] | true |  |  | true |  |  |
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adoption date | Mar. 12, 2020 |  |  | Mar. 12, 2020 |  |  |
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, immaterial effect [true false] | true |  |  | true |  |  |
ASU 2020-08 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounting Policies And Practices [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adopted [true false] | true |  |  | true |  |  |
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, adoption date | Jan. 01, 2021 |  |  | Jan. 01, 2021 |  |  |
Change in accounting principle, accounting standards update, immaterial effect [true false] | true |  |  | true |  |  |

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