Accounts Receivable and Finance Receivables - Finance Receivable Portfolio Quality (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Finance receivables	$ 624	$ 587
60+ days contractual delinquency as a percentage of finance receivables	1.44%	0.17%
Current and less than 31 days past due
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Finance receivables	$ 614	$ 579
31-60 days past due
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Finance receivables	1	7
61-90 days past due
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Finance receivables	5	0
Over 90 days past due
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Finance receivables	$ 4	$ 1
Performing
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Financing percentage receivable originating since the beginning of 2021	43.00%
Financing receivable percentage originating from 2018 to 2020	27.00%
Nonperforming
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Nonaccrual as a percentage of finance receivables	2.56%	7.84%
Nonperforming \| Watchlist
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Finance receivables	$ 23	$ 26
Financing receivable percentage originating since the beginning of 2020	100.00%
Nonperforming \| Nonaccrual
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Finance receivables	$ 16	46
Financing receivable percentage originating from 2018 to 2020	41.00%
Nonperforming \| Minimum
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Number of months of contractual delinquency to classify accounts as nonaccrual unless such collection is not doubtful	3 months
Performing
Financing Receivable, Past Due [Line Items]
Finance receivables	$ 585	$ 515

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Financing Receivable, Percentage, Originated Current Fiscal Year to Two Years Before Current Fiscal Year

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Financing Receivable, Percentage, Originated Three Years To Five Years Before Current Fiscal Year

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Percentage of Loans, Sixty Plus Days, Past Due, To Total Loans

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