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Balance Sheet Components - Schedule of Credit Card Receivables and Other Means of Payments, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Balance Sheet Components [Abstract]
Credit card receivables and other means of payments	$ 2,957	$ 1,870
Allowance for chargebacks	(11)	(14)
Allowance for doubtful accounts	0	(17)
Credit card receivables and other means of payments, net	$ 2,946	$ 1,839

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Balance Sheet Components [Abstract]

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Receivables From Customers Allowance For Chargebacks

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Receivables From Customers Allowance For Doubtful Accounts

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Receivables From Customers Gross

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Amount due from customers for fees and charges arising from transactions related to the entity's brokerage activities and operations.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 940
-SubTopic 310
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/subtopic&trid=2176284

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