| **Share-Based Payments - Summary of TSRU and PTU Activity (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 12 Months Ended          |
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| Total Shareholder Return Units (TSRUs) [Member]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |                     |  |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                     |  |
| Units outstanding, shares                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 163,572,000              | [1],[2] |
| Units vested, shares                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 85,899,000               | [1],[2] |
| Units expected to vest, shares                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 75,276,000               | [1],[2],[3] |
| Units outstanding, weighted average grant price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | $ 36.83                  | [1],[2] |
| Units vested, weighted average grant price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 34.05                    | [1],[2] |
| Units expected to vest, weighted average grant price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | $ 39.82                  | [1],[2],[3] |
| Units outstanding, weighted average remaining contractual term                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 2 years                  | [1],[2] |
| Units vested, weighted average remaining contractual term                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 9 months 18 days         | [1],[2] |
| Units expected to vest, weighted average remaining contractual term                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 3 years 2 months 12 days | [1],[2],[3] |
| Units outstanding, aggregate intrinsic value | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | $ 131                    | [1],[2],[4] |
| Units vested, aggregate intrinsic value | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 131                      | [1],[2],[4] |
| Units expected to vest, aggregate intrinsic value | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | $ 0                      | [1],[2],[3],[4] |
| Units settled, shares                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 38,957,175               |  |
| Units settled, weighted average grant price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | $ 29.80                  |  |
| Units exercised, shares                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | 1,827,019                |  |
| Units exercised, weighted average grant price (in dollars per share) | $ / shares                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | $ 31.73                  |  |
| Profit Units [Member]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |                     |  |
| **Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |                     |  |
| Units converted and exercised, shares                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 1,060,000                | [1],[2] |
| Units exercised and converted, weighted average remaining contractual term                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | 7 months 6 days          | [1],[2] |
| Units exercised and converted, aggregate intrinsic value | $                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | $ 31                     | [1],[2],[4] |
| Units granted upon conversion, shares                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | 679,742                  |  |
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| [1]In 2023, 1,827,019 TSRUs with a weighted-average grant price of $31.73 per unit were converted into 679,742 PTUs.[2]In 2023, we settled 38,957,175 TSRUs with a weighted-average grant price of $29.80 per unit.[3]The number of TSRUs expected to vest takes into account an estimate of expected forfeitures[4]Market price of our underlying common stock less exercise price. |

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