It should be easy to know when you’ve found the official YouTube channel of a creator, artist, brand, or public figure. So in late October, we’re updating what it means for channels to be “Verified” w/ new eligibility criteria & a new look. Details → https://yt.be/help/3QfB pic.twitter.com/JXOvMbkbns
you've switched from an objective measure of someone being verified or not to a completely subjective measure of how "popular" and "well known" a creator is, which is extremely likely for you to use this as a way to only verify people that make you the most money. we ain't dumb.