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 wanted to start a gaming Walkthrough/Let's Play channel. now with this people are gonna click videos of youtubers with 2-3+ million subscribers cause they have gray name and it will stand out from mine that doesn't have it. thank you for destroying me before i even started.