I imagine that access to the Internet in general has, at least to some extent, had some impact on self reliability with regards to problem solving.

Instead of thinking through possible solutions to try or doing your own research/investigation, it's almost always easier to just run a search to find out how to address things.

Not that I'd say it's a one sided trade-off, because honestly there does come a point to where trying to figure out and investigate everything yourself does become a tedious mess, but it might still come with some price.