Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Equity Interests Issued Or Issuable, Number Of Shares Issued

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Equity Method Investment, Fair Value Option, Value

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Equity Securities, Shares

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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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The percentage of ownership of common stock or equity participation in the investee accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

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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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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from the sale of a portion of the company's business, for example a segment, division, branch or other business, during the period.

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Amount of cash inflow from sale of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI), classified as investing activity.

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Percentage of subsidiary's or equity investee's stock owned by parent company after stock transaction.

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The Company and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies - The Company and Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation (Details) - USD ($) shares in Millions, $ in Millions	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021
GMarket
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding equity interests retained				19.99%
Equity investment under fair value option				$ 728
Adevinta
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding equity interests retained	33.00%
Equity investment under fair value option				$ 10,800	$ 10,800
Equity interest percentage	25.00%			44.00%	44.00%
Fair value of shares sold		$ 0	$ 8
Adevinta \| A
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Number of voting shares sold	135
Fair value of shares sold	$ 2,300
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| eBay Korea
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Percentage of outstanding equity interests sold				80.01%
Proceeds from sale of business				$ 3,000
Discontinued Operations, Disposed of by Sale \| Classifieds
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from sale of business				$ 2,500
Number of shares to be received from the sale				540
Consideration received for business disposal				$ 13,300