So @TeamYouTube decided that a lot of people don't deserve to be verified anymore, not even people in the .01% top percentage like me with over a million subs which there are only around 8000 out of its 1.9 BILLION users.
If channels like me don't even get it, who does?
I've been thinking about this for a long time but YouTube has been moving to be like classic television. I think they will slowly edge out smaller content creators with high fees until only the mega and preapproved content creators, mainstream celebrities and programming remain.