I didn't get the point of the Zune in the movie neither. Totally forgot that the thing even existed. Don't know anyone that's ever owned one. If this was actually product placement, it seems pretty pointless to me. And if it was meant to be a joke, the punch line is lost on me.
I'm guessing it depends on your age whether you find the joke funny. I got one for free from Microsoft one year and initially, it wasn't actually a bad product-it had quite a few DJ fans (interoperatibility)--and they spent tons of money & (badly) marketing on it.
But there is no way Microsoft paid to put any failed product in a film.
If the pay is not high enough for your needs, you shouldn't bother looking at startups, or at least you shouldn't be looking at pre-series-A startups. Everybody has their own motivations for why they choose to work somewhere, and money/compensation isn't always the top consideration. At early-stage startups where money is tight, salary will usually be difficult to negotiate too much, but equity can be negotiated more easily.
The equity is preposterously low for an early stage startup. Even if the company were incredibly successful and ended up being worth $100 million (unlikely) and your equity wasn't diluted at all (unlikely), your equity would only be worth $50k.
