The “correct” way to create a .NET Core console app without background services

Instead of a hosted service, I would recommend the following;

using (var host = CreateHostBuilder(args).Build())
{
    await host.StartAsync();
    var lifetime = host.Services.GetRequiredService<IHostApplicationLifetime>();

    // do work here / get your work service ...

    lifetime.StopApplication();
    await host.WaitForShutdownAsync();
}