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 …
how exactly does it make it easier to determine whether someone's the real creator if you've taken the badge away from them? it's literally the opposite, any somewhat smaller channel will struggle with impersonators