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 …
So now I can only know a YouTuber is the real deal (and not a bot in the comments) if they are known outside of YouTube? Why don't you make like a Super Verified batch for the people known outside YouTube, and keep the old system as it is? Why would you unverify people??