Share-Based Compensation Arrangement By Share-based Payment Award, Maximum Employee Subscription Amount

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

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

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Amount of noncash expense for share-based payment arrangement.

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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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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 ($)	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended		5 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	May 31, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
ESPP, equity-based compensation expense, noncash					$ 28,000,000	$ 18,000,000
ESPP, equity-based compensation expense (less than)		$ 10,000,000	$ 6,000,000		28,000,000	$ 18,000,000
Employee Stock \| Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
ESPP, equity-based compensation expense (less than)		$ 1,000,000			$ 1,000,000
Employee Stock \| Employee Stock Purchase Plan \| Class A Common Stock
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 contribution amount	$ 10,000
ESPP, number of shares available (in shares)	500,000
ESPP, equity-based compensation expense, noncash				$ 0