Information processing apparatus that allows automatic updating of firmware when the apparatus is a target of a predetermined subscription service, control method, and storage medium

A control method of an information processing apparatus, the control method comprising:

• automatically updating, by automatically receiving a most recent firmware from an external apparatus, a stored firmware stored in a memory to the most recent firmware;
• and
• setting whether or not to permit execution of the automatic updating, wherein
• in a case where the information processing apparatus is not a target of a predetermined subscription service, the setting comprises displaying a display to allow a user to select activating or deactivating automatic updating of the stored firmware in the information processing apparatus, and
• in a case where the information processing apparatus is the target of the predetermined subscription service, the setting comprises activating the automatic updating without performing the displaying.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform a control method of an information processing apparatus, the control method comprising:

• storing a predetermined firmware;
• communicating with an external apparatus mutually;
• automatically updating, in a case where a most recent firmware corresponding to the stored firmware is stored in the external apparatus, the stored firmware to the most recent firmware by receiving the most recent firmware from the external apparatus;
• and
• setting activation or deactivation of the automatic updating, wherein
• in a case where the information processing apparatus is not a target of a predetermined subscription service, the setting comprises displaying a display to allow a user to select activation or deactivating the automatic updating of the stored firmware in the information processing apparatus, and
• in a case where the information processing apparatus is the target of the predetermined subscription service, the setting comprises activating the automatic updating without performing the displaying.