Me too thanks
This is bad news all around. Self-pollination pretty much eliminates genetic variation from one generation to the next. Any species where organisms reproduce with themselves is at a significantly higher risk to succumb to a disease or parasite that is able to infect and wipe out the entire species.
It definitely sounds bad, I'll give you that. Some things to consider, though...
Self-pollination doesn't necessarily eliminate variation or genetic diversity in a population. The same sort of processes that lead to random mutations and new traits in cross pollinated plants exist in both strategies and regardless, the offspring of self-pollination are still genetically distinct from each other and their parents. It's just that sans cross pollination, those new adaptations have a slower and more limited ability to propagate, which is a situation that's better suited to times when the biome/environment is fairly stable and the species is already well-adapted.
Plants generally also have much more flexible genetics than most animals, where individuals of the same species can have different numbers of chromosomes from each other and multiple sets of chromosomes. I mention that because those can also play a role in diversity and variations from generation to generation.
Something else to consider is that even if these plants are utilizing self-pollination more often, it isn't necessarily a case where they have evolved or will evolve to exclusively self-pollinate. Ultimately if all insects go extinct, that's a huge problem. But in the shorter term, there are opportunities for at least some plants to evolve alternative cross pollination strategies (even if they aren't quite as lucrative or efficient as the original ones), such as by attracting beetles, flies and ants or via development of traits that allow them to wind pollinate.
That insect populations are declining is absolutely terrible, but if there's a sliver of optimism here, it sounds like at least some plants are able to adapt to the new reality pretty quickly and are keeping pace with the changing nature of things (for now).
Still devastating to lose so much biodiversity. Not just the insects but the plants too.
Host some mason or leaf cutter bees. For pollination, they are like 300x more efficient compared to honeybees.
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