u/Vegetable-Breath-706

Hello everyone,

recently i cancelled my GHCP Pro subscription following the cost changes coming June 1st. But i was wondering if i could just subscribe, let's say, to the DeepSeek API (or any other pay-as-you-go model) and keep using the extension with BYOK configured, or if even using only the "harness" of the IDE extension require an active paying subscription.

For context, i do a lot of .NET backend development (recently mainly with .NET Aspire) and the Visual Studio 2026 integration with MCP and debugger context is not really anything i've found elsewhere.

Thanks a lot in advance