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 …
You can clearly see that no one wants this and people are feeling extremely dejected about it. You're so cut off from your actual creators it's sad. Do a poll and ask how many people want this. Its better than rolling shit out like this. instead of Slapping creators in the face.