Additional clarification:
No one lost a verification badge today–If you received an email that your channel will no longer be verified, this was just an advanced notice & you can appeal
The checkmark has never appeared on YouTube mobile channel pages (this will be added soon)https://twitter.com/TeamYouTube/status/1174735005215420416 …
If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Did you learn nothing from Google +? Or YouTube Heroes? Or the new sub count averaging that could put companies like SocialBlade out of business?