[Bug 1452542] [NEW] rhythmbox-mozilla should be suggested not recommended

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Most other NPAPI plugins have been dropped from the Ubuntu-family
default install (totem - ubuntu,  gecko-mediaplayer - lubuntu), we
should default to not having the rhytmbox-mozilla plugin installed as
well.

Reasoning:
* privacy/tracking implications in including plugins [1]
 * NPAPI is being disabled in Chrome/Chromium [2] this does affect this indirectly as "real" iTunes will have to show it is installed another way (or hopefully they could just start using standards..)
 * Plugin support is being deprecated in Firefox and will trigger click-to-play, which AFAICT may make this itunes plugin useless.[3]

Totem also just removed their browser plugins for the above and some
technical reasons (the technical reasons don't seem applicable to the
itunes plugin though) [3]

(Also proposed upstream to just remove the support entirely, no response
yet - https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=729285)

[1] https://panopticlick.eff.org/
[2] https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!msg/chromium-dev/xEbgvWE7wMk/D_07G2lftacJ
[3] http://www.hadess.net/2014/04/good-bye-totem-browser-plugin.html 

1) For 15.10+
2) 3.1-1ubuntu3

** Affects: rhythmbox (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: patch
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rhythmbox-mozilla should be suggested not recommended
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1452542
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