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 …
I should correct myself, it helps literally no one that actually uses your platform for making proper content. This helps the people who PAID to be on trending i.e. big companies. You "talked" to your users. Who?! Some boomer that doesn't use the internet at all?