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BALANCE SHEET COMPONENTS - Schedule of Credit Card Receivables and Other Means of Payments, Net (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023
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Credit card receivables and other means of payments | $ 5,315 | $ 3,653 |
Allowance for chargebacks | (27) | (17) |
Allowance for doubtful accounts | 0 | (4) |
Credit card receivables and other means of payments, net | $ 5,288 | $ 3,632 | [1]
[1] | Recast for consistency due to the adoption of Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 122. Please refer to Note 2 – Summary of significant accounting policies - Recently Adopted Accounting Standards to our audited consolidated financial statements for further details.

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